Marius Roodt
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Sep 26, 2021
What will happen on election day? Your chance to vote for who will be in charge of your local municipality is now only a month away. The election date is set for 1 November and it is your chance to make your voice heard and let the politicians know what you want.
Marius Roodt
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Oct 24, 2021
Sport in South Africa has had the vicious ghost of racism lurking over it for over a century. Today, it faces a toxic mix of race-based quotas at the top level and insufficient infrastructure and support at the grassroot level.
In this episode of Burning Questions, the FAN team, joined by one of their elder statesmen Marius, look at the BIG one in any democracy: why should you bother voting at all? South Africa's got elections around the corner - will you be persuaded to take part?
Marius Roodt
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Aug 29, 2021
The Zambian election results goes to show that opposition actors across the continent must not lose hope - change at the ballot box is possible in Africa.
Marius Roodt
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Jul 11, 2021
Some people will tell you that your vote doesn’t matter and that voting is pointless. But nothing could be farther from the truth.
Marius Roodt
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Dec 05, 2021
It is now not a question of if the ANC will lose its national majority but when and that could be as early as the next national election in 2024.
Marius Roodt
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Jul 18, 2021
The current unrest we are seeing is not new. And the truth is that if we had to discuss every single major incident of violence in South Africa since 1910 you could probably write a book.
On this episode the FAN team discuss what is meant by the term RET - 'Rapid Economic Transformation' and whether the decline of the so-called RET faction of the ANC will improve South Africa's economy in anyway.
Marius Roodt
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May 31, 2021
All of a society’s activities mirror that society. This ranges from literature to education to what gets produced in films and theatres. But perhaps one activity that mirrors a society to an even greater extent than others is sport.
In this episode we talk all things IEC (Electoral Commission): Who are they? Who checks the votes? Can you trust their independence? Mbali is joined by Marius and Gabriel of the IRR to answer these #BurningQuestions.