The Weekend View

Motivational speaker Elsabe Manning talks to host of Weekend AM Live Elvis Preslin about living with more gratitude. Elsabe says we are too focused in the lack in our lives and live in gratitude.

Weekend AM Live host Elvis Preslin talks to Motivational speaker Elsabe Manning about living a life of abundance.

Elvis Presslin speaks to our correspondent who is in Athens at the moment, Jack Parrock and gets analysis from Non-Executive Director of Capital Property Fund, Iraj Aberdian

Listen to Senior Regional Adviser for Sub-Saharan Africa at the International Organization for Migration, Charlse Kwenin and Social Development Spokesperson Lumka Oliphant on the issue of child protection while travelling

There seems to be mixed reactions as the nation reacts to president Zuma's release of the report by the Farlham Commission on the Marikana tragedy. Independent labour analyst, Terry Bell gives his analysis...

Substance abuse in South Africa has the biggest impact on the country than ever before. According to the South African Police Services, 60-percent of crimes committed are due to substance abuse. Clinical psychologist, Nathan Rogerson; Conny Nxumalo, the Deputy Director General of Welfare Services at the Department of Social Development and actor and 2011 Survivor winner, Hykie Berg...

Dr Roelf Reyneke speaks to us about the issue of bullying in the country

Prof Raymond Parsons talks to Elvis Presslin about the Eskom tariff increase request

Retha Watson, the National Manager for trauma and suicide prevention from the SAPS Psychological Services, employee health and wellness talks to us about the impact the death of a police officer has on his/hers colleague

Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe and Oxfam's Sipho Mthathi speaking about the AU Summit currently underway in Sandton, Johannesburg

Listen to Numsa's general secretary Irvin Jim on and analysis with labour analyst Terry Bell

The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights of Communities has threatened to take municipalities to court if they do not reverse decisions to re use graves without tombstones. This after the eThekwini Municipality this week received numerous complaints from residents about strangers being buried on top of their loved ones without their consent....

The 31st of May is World Health Organisation's World No Tobacco Day and this year the focus is on stopping the trade of illicit tobacco products. The day aims to highlight some of the health risks associated with tobacco use and to advocate for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. We spoke to Director of Tobacco, Alcohol and Gambling Group, Peter Ucko...

Sepp Blatter has, as expected, been re-elected for a fifth term as president of world football body FIFA. The vote took place at the 65th FIFA Congress in Zurich, after a turbulent 48 hours that saw a number of FIFA executives arrested on charges of bribery and racketeering. We spoke to soccer columnist with The New Age, Neil Collins....

South Africa's unemployment figures increased by 626-thousand, in the three months to March 2015. While the expanded rate of unemployment which, includes people who have given up looking for work, also increased to 36.1 percent. But how are graduates affected by this? We spoke to entrepreneur and founder of the RA House of Isis media house, Ntsako Mbhokota and Dr Iraj Aberdian, economist and CEO f...

Bullying in South African schools has tripled in the past year. A teachers' union says learners are becoming violent, and also carry weapons and drugs to school. The most recent case of bullying was reported in Gauteng last week. A grade 5 pupil was admitted to the ICU after he was choked by a grade 6 learner. We spoke to Director of Safety in Schools at the Department of Education, Doctor Charles...

Huhudi cemetery in Vryburg in North West was a hive of activity as dignitaries such as chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and liberation struggle leader Sophie de Bruin, laid the late Dr. Ruth Mompati to rest. Among those who attended a closed burial service of the late iconic figure was President Jacob Zuma who handed over the country's national flag to Mompati's niece, Cind...

Organisations that deal with bullied learners have disagreed with the call by the South African Democratic Teacher's Union (SADTU) to place children who bully others in specialised schools. We spoke to Heather Hanson, life coach and owner of Teenworx...

Three judges have been shot dead in the Sinai just hours Egypt's first democratically elected President, Mohammad Morzi was sentenced to death by a court in Cairo. According to the UK's Independent, police say the judges were attacked while travelling in a car together in the city of al-Arish, Sinai. A fourth person and at least three others were reportedly injured in the assault as well. Morzi's...

On the Editors this morning we speak to Walmdimar Pelser, editor at Rapport, Mpumelelo Mkhabela, editor at the SOWETAN and Mahlatse Gallens, SABC Deputy political editor who gives us their top stories

Professor Anton Van Niekerk talking about the ethics regarding the court ruling on assisted-suicide

Director of BDLS Attorney's talking to Elvis Presslin about the legal issues surrounding assisted-suicide

Gift of the Givers founder, Imtiaz Suleman says the organisation will send a team to assist the government of Nepal in the devastation following the 7.9 magnitude earthquake. He tells Elvis Presslin what his reaction was when he heard about it...

Kevin Lovell the South African Poultry Association's Executive Director speaks to Elvis Presslin on the issue of AGOA and negotiations that are currently underway between the US and SA

Survivors from a boat that capsized in Greece have been reliving the moments when their boat capsized and we spoke to assistant professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota and research fellow at the University of Pretoria, Dr Cawo M Abdi on her objections to the use of the term xenophobia in reference to the latest violence against migrants in South Africa and the challenges faced by mig...