Today with Kieno Kammies

Today with Kieno Kammies

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  • District Six land claims demand answers from government

    Africa Melane speaks to Shahied Ajam chairperson of The District 6 Working Committee

    The Standing Committee on Human Settlements in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament says it will seek clarity on the District Six housing issue. The District Six working committee filled an application in the land claims court against government last week.

    8 min
  • Secret ballot requirement a savage attack on right to strike

    Africa Melane speaks to Patrick Craven SAFTU spokesperson

    The South African Federation of Trade Unions says it is also using the strike to speak out against some labour laws that force unions to include a secret ballot clause in their constitutions to guide them when conducting a strike ballot among members, before taking action or face being de-registered.

    5 min
  • Fuel innovation at your university with SAP Next-Gen

    Africa Melane speaks to Gwamaka Mwalemba Manager at Enterprise System Education for Africa

    84% of South African millennials believe business will have a positive impact on broader society, while the global average of this perception stands at 76% this is according to Deloitte’s 2017 Millennial Survey.

    6 min
  • Buttskop level crossing collision claims 7 lives

    Africa Melane speaks to Kenny Africa Chief Director For Community Safety at Western Cape Province

    Seven people have been killed after a train crashed into a bakkie at the Buttskop level crossing in Blackheath in Cape Town. Police and traffic officials are on the scene of Friday morning's collission. The bakkie was apparently transporting several people to work.

    10 min
  • Christo Wiese sues Steinhoff for R59bn

    Africa Melane speaks to Sikonathi Mantshantsha Deputy Editor at Financial Mail

    1). Since stealing money from its poor bread customers was clearly never going to do the job…Tiger Brands is now killing them with listeriosis
    2). Price of petrol increases to a record R14.72c a litre as rand weakens to R12.41 to the US dollar

    3 min
  • Reflecting on our maturing democracy this Freedom Day

    Africa Melane Prof. Amanda Gouws Professor of Political Science at Stellenbosch University

    On this day in 1994, millions of South Africans were making their way to vote in a national election for the first time in their lives. We are on days like today reminded of how significant the day was thanks to the re-printing of images of snaking queues from around the country, as people stood patiently under the baking African sun.

    9 min
  • Should you have a flu shot ahead of winter?

    Africa Melane speaks to Dr Lucille Bloomberg at National Institute For Communicable Diseases

    Winter is coming, bringing with it flu (influenza). During this season, we are all affected by flu. Some of us get sick, and many others have to take care of a loved one who becomes ill. Winter is approaching and to avoid getting flu, the National Institute of
    Communicable Diseases (NICD) has advised that the public to get vaccinated.

    8 min
  • Koketso Moeti among inaugural Obama foundation fellows

    Africa Melane speaks to Koketso Moeti Executive Director at Amandla.Mobi

    Koketso Moeti is the Executive Director of Amandla.mobi, an independent, community advocacy organisation which uses the power of the internet and cellphones to connect people for a common cause. Moeti can thus be described as a social activist and she was recently selected out of more than 20,000 applicants from 191 countries, to be one of 20 inaugural Obama Foundation fellows.

    5 min

About Today with Kieno Kammies

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From 9 am to 12 pm every weekday, veteran radio personality Kieno Kammies will champion the issues facing individual Capetonians by using the station’s vast network of contacts for good, while also courting controversy by holding governmental ministers to account and seeking the truth within the politics.

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