Guest: Rebecca Davis | Journalist and Author at Daily Maverick

Guest: Rebecca Davis | Journalist and Author at Daily Maverick

Rebecca Davis joins John Maytham each week to reflect on just how strange the news can be. From the most important to the very strange, John and Rebecca offer their view of what is happening in our world that makes it at times infuriating, at times inspirational but always fascinating. 

The views expressed by John and Rebecca are editorial, the content is not intended to be viewed as reporting.

Catch the conversation each Thursday just after 3:30pm or subscribe to this podcast to have it delivered to you every week. 

Rebecca Davis joins John Maytham each week to reflect on just how strange the news can be. From the most important to the very strange, John and Rebecca offer their view of what is happening in our world that makes it at times infuriating, at times inspirational but always fascinating.&nbsp;
The views expressed by John and Rebecca are editorial, the content is not intended to be viewed as reporting.
Catch the conversation each Thursday just after 3:30pm or subscribe to this podcast to have it delivered to you every week.&nbsp;

Plan B with Rebecca Davis

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Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

John Maytham is a trained actor who made the switch to radio over 20 years ago when he joined the news team at Radio 604.

He then swapped reporting for anchoring an AM drive time show at a national talk radio station.

Once he set the bar for South African news and talk radio he accepted the challenge to join Primedia Broadcasting and help establish the newly founded CapeTalk, fulfilling the role of both News Editor and Breakfast Host.

He was the first host to switch on the mic on 14 October 1997.

Years later, he was also the first radio broadcaster to do a Google Hangout in South Africa.

Judith February, who led IDASA’s Political Information and Monitoring Service
from 2003 to 2012, discusses the need for a new wave of citizen activism in
South Africa's political landscape to combat corruption and apathy ahead of the
upcoming elections.

Judith February, who led IDASA’s Political Information and Monitoring Service from 2003 to 2012, discusses the need for a new wave of citizen activism in South Africa's political landscape to combat corruption and apathy ahead of the upcoming elections.

Many are approaching critical May elections with apathy: Surprised?

Dan Mafora, a Senior Researcher at the Council for the Advancement of the
South African Constitution (CASAC), addresses misconceptions surrounding the
IEC's appeal of the Electoral Court's ruling on former President Zuma's
candidacy.

Dan Mafora, a Senior Researcher at the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC), addresses misconceptions surrounding the IEC's appeal of the Electoral Court's ruling on former President Zuma's candidacy.

IEC Challenge to the Electoral Court

Professor Marthinus van Staden, from Wits School of Law, specializes in Labour Law and Jurisprudence. He joins John to consider a Constitutional Court ruling supporting Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in a case involving the retrenchment of 400 employees after a merger. Despite objections, the Court upheld CCBA's decision, finding no legal basis to overturn it.

Professor Marthinus van Staden, from Wits School of Law, specializes in Labour Law and Jurisprudence. He joins John to consider a Constitutional Court ruling supporting Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in a case involving the retrenchment of 400 employees after a merger. Despite objections, the Court upheld CCBA's decision, finding no legal basis to overturn it.

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