Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Renowned Legal Journalist, Karyn Maughan, is present at The Supreme Court of Appeal during the Appeal by Jason Rhode against the Conviction of the murder of his wife. 

The Former Lew Geffen Sotheby's CEO claims that his wife hanged herself with the cord of her hair curling iron after discovering that his affair with estate agent Jolene Alterskye was not over. 

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) deems Rohde's claim to be nothing more than a desperate attempt to evade responsibility for assaulting, strangling, and asphyxiating her.

Although Judge Salie-Hlophe refused Rohde leave to appeal on the basis that he had no reasonable prospects of success in challenging her ruling, the Appeal Court overturned that decision and later granted Rohde bail – an indication of the relative strength of his appeal arguments.

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Dr. David Monyae joins Cape Talk in analysis of the breaking news in Afghanistan. He is Director at The Centre for Africa - China Studies at The University of Johannesburg and a well renowned international relations and foreign policy expert. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Witwatersrand. He previously served as Section Manager: International Relations Policy Analysis at the South African Parliament, providing strategic management, parliamentary foreign policy formulation, and monitoring and analysis services. 

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Following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan yesterday, there are fears that there will be a return once again to a hardline Islamist rule.

It is widely believed that this will have a particularly devastating impact on the country's women.

During their previous time in power, the Taliban banned females from getting an education beyond the age of 8, they were forced to wear the burqa at all times in public and weren't allowed to work.

We speak to an Afghan human rights lawyer and activist, Fereshta Abbasi.

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South African Grand Prix motorcycle racer, Brad Binder, took a risk on his slick tyres during heavy rain at the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday and it paid off.

While the other riders opted to change their bikes, he stayed the course and held off the field of riders to win his second ever MotoGP race.

We speak to independent motoring journalist, Ian McLaren.

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The annual South African National Editors’ Forum's Nat Nakasa award for courageous community journalism has gone to GroundUp editor, Nathan Geffen, and journalist Raymond Joseph.

We speak to Nathan about the award and his view on what should be happening with the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.

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Mike Wills interviews Mervyn Naidoo, General Manager at GrandWest.

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Guests

Twins and musicians Andrew and Brian Chaplin.

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Guest: Ted Blom | Energy Expert and Analyst

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Guest: Ekurhuleni-born singer, Lira

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Guest: Sizwe Mbebe | Football columnist and blogger

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