Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Guest: Journalist Yanga Sibembe discusses the fact that The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has confirmed that the club previously known as Bloemfontein Celtic will outfit will be relocated to KwaZulu-Natal participate in the DStv Premiership as Royal AM in the upcoming 2021/2022 league season, with its home venue being the Chatsworth stadium. 

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Guest: Paul Beaver

Following their takeover of the Afghan capital on Sunday, heavily armed fighters can be seen across Kabul, riding motorbikes and driving police cars and Humvees captured from the security forces. Meanwhile eyewitnesses say the streets of the city have been relatively quiet, as fearful residents stay indoors. The fundamentalist insurgency has attempted to reassure Afghans that life under their rule will be less oppressive than  it was in the 1990s. 

A Taliban spokesperson, Suhail Shaheen, says they plan to hold talks in the next few days aimed at forming what he described as an “open, inclusive Islamic government”.

Although they've said there will be no revenge on civilians, there have already been several reports from other parts of the country of fighters searching for those who worked with the United States or the Afghan government.

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Guest: Daneel Knoetze

The mother of a dead child has given Viewfinder access to the tapes of the disciplinary hearing of the police officer accused of killing her son .These tapes have been found to reveal secret workings of police disciplinary hearings for murder and brutality cases. A discussion with News 24 Journalist, Daneel Knoetze delves into the implications of access to the tapes. 

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Guest: Cornelia Faasen | Director at NGO Tada Theatre and Dance Alliance

Tada Theatre and Dance Alliance on behalf of South African theatres, festivals and performance spaces feels a need for legislative amendment and support and a  “consideration of a direction for the sector that allows for flexible administration of venue capacity based on the nature of the performance space and not the classification as a ‘gathering’ per the prevailing regulations

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Guest: Professor Bhekisipho  Twala

The Ashton Bridge was created for R130 million by The Western Cape’s Department of Transport and Public Works. It was officially unveiled on Sunday, August 15. Located in the small town of Ashton in the Western Cape, this is the country’s first concrete tied arch bridge constructed using a transverse launching method.

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Guest: Umer Karim | Visiting Fellow at RUSI

Umer Karim is a Visiting Fellow at the renowned organization RUSI, which is engaged in forward thinking and careful reflection on global defence and security matters. He will engage in the future of The Taliban Rule in Afghanistan

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Guest: Dr. Bridget Farham believes that the recent reduction in vaccine uptake has more to do with government distrust and failure in providing education and support than the public response to media - social and otherwise. Dr. Farham is the editor of the South African Medical Journal (SAMJ) and Consultant to the Director’s Office, Universal Health Care/Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases Cluster, WHO, African Region. 

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Guest: Susan Comrie | Investigative Journalist at amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism 

A toxic fallout after a fire at the UPL warehouse has caused disaster affecting the wetlands and rivers and contaminated beaches. Residents felt the contamination and coughed through the fumes.

The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism has uncovered the potential causes of a toxic chemical fallout that has occurred after a fire at the UPL Chemical Warehouse in Durban. 

The UPL warehouse apparently contained millions of chemicals that were many times more that the warehouse could legally hold without environmental approval. 

UPL has not publicly disclosed what was in the warehouse.

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David Enright is The Director of a chilling documentary series that tells the story of the spate of brutal and mysterious killings that gripped the town of Krugersdorp, South Africa, in 2016. The daring Showmax series is receiving a great deal of attention. 

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Natanya Mulholland talks on behalf of Izame Zabantu Nature Helpers, which is a non-profit organization with a motto that is a triple-win formula:  Plastic out the ocean, food on the table, and money in your pocket. Their primary goal is to create jobs and remove plastic from the sea. For the last 6 months, Izame Zabantu has been working hard to clear plastic from the Black River mouth and the beach at Paarden Eiland. 

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