The Weekend View

The highly anticipated public hearings into the feasibility of free education at higher institutions of learning and training finally commenced on Wednesday in Pretoria. Elvis Presslin spoke to Fees commission spokesperson Andile Tshona.

Dr Roelof Botha, Economic Advisor to Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) says free education is not feasible. This after the public hearings which held in Pretoria over the exorbitant fees ....

The National Freedom Party has rejected suggestions that the absence of its leader, Zanele Magwaza-Msibi has put the party in the current mess. The party is disappointed that it will not participate in the municipal elections. The Electoral Court has dismissed the party's application to be included on the ballot paper. The IEC excluded the NFP from participating in the polls because it failed to p...

Zimbabwe's government has described as 'treasonable' a decision by a war veterans group to withdraw its support for President Robert Mugabe. In a statement, the ministry responsible for the welfare of war veterans has denied that the document reflects the majority of former liberation fighters. Our correspondent in Zimbabwe, Shingai Nyoka speaks to Elvis Presslin about this...

Executive Director of GAS Sports and long-time friend, fellow racing driver and colleague to Gugu Zulu, Stephen Watson speaks to Elvis Presslin about a family trust that has been established in honour of the racing car driver...

Public Protector candidate interviews are scheduled to be held next month. This follows the shortlisting of candidates to become Thuli Madonsela's successor. Madonsela's term ends in October. Of those chosen, 8 are women and 6 are men mainly from the legal profession. For more on the composition of the list, Elvis Preslin caught up with the chairperson of the adhoc committee, Dr Makhosi Khoza

Thousands of people protested in Istanbul and other cities after calls by Turkish authorities to defend democracy after the failed military coup. Meanwhile Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says about 2,839 soldiers, including high-ranking officers. One of them is commander of the Second Army General Adem Huduti He also said 161 people have been killed and one thousand four hundred and 40 wo...

The Department of Basic Education says it is hopeful that a solution will be found soon, to enable more than 54-thousand learners who have been absent from school for more than three months to resume their studies. MEC of Education in Limpopo, Ishmael Kgetjepe...

Pan Africanist Congress struggle hero Kenny Motsamai has tasted freedom although very limited. He was released on conditional parole after 27 years behind bars. Motsamai has been in prison since his arrest and sentencing to life imprisonment for his part on an Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) mission to rob a supermarket in Rustenburg in 1989. APLA Commander and PAC member, Rev Dumisani Met...

The National Credit regulator is conducting raids across the country to root out credit providers contravening the National Credit Act. Manager: Investigations and Enforcement at the NCR, Jacqueline Peters discusses this further with Elvis Presslin...

Former SA ambassador to Turkey, Tom Wheeler speaks to Elvis Presslin on the latest coup attempt in Turkey. Turkish authorities say 60 people died during overnight clashes, many of them civilians, and more than 750 soldiers arrested.

French President Francois Hollande is to chair crisis talks with his inner security cabinet following Thursday's attack in Nice that killed 84 people. Jordan Griffiths, researcher at Media Tenor speaks to Elvis Presslin on these attacks...

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has told civil servants they shouldn't have gone on strike because of the delays in paying wages. Some teachers and healthworkers staged stay-at-home strikes to protest the late payment of June salaries. Hardlife Mudzingwa of Thajamuka speaks to Elvis Presslin about this ..

The inception of Black Lives Matter movement three years ago, following a series of killings of blacks and other minorities by police in the US has brought simmering racial tensions in the country to the surface. This past week alone, graphic videos portrayed two more such deaths and five police officers were killed at a march in Dallas protesting the killings. Whites have joined blacks in forcefu...

RIght to know has sent a letter of demands about media freedom in Zimbabwe to the Minister of International relations Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. This follows a nationwide strike or stay-away which became known as #ZimShutDown 2016. It was prompted by a number of incidents in Zimbabwe that had occurred in the preceding weeks and months. Right to know spokesperson Murray Hunter explains...

Deputy political editor at SABC Radio News, Mahlatse Gallens, has been elected chairperson of the South African National Editors' Forum, Sanef. Executive Producer at Safm Current Affairs, Krivani Pillay, is Sanef's new Gauteng Convenor. Office bearers were elected at the Sanef AGM in Johannesburg

July is the South African Savings Institute's SASI's Savings Month and its 15th Year Anniversary. South Africa's official savings rate at the end of March 2016 was 15 percent, our household savings rate was 1.1 percent and our debt as a percentage of disposable income was 76.6 percent. These numbers show little reason to celebrate. However, they do represent a slight improvement. We spoke to Geral...

A new application called Mi Blackbox app is being designed to record vital information if you are in an emergency situation. The app will send information to a remote server where the law enforcement officials can access it .Managing Director if Rich Rewards Group Brent Thomson speaks to Elvis Presslin...

A 28-year-old woman has been remanded in custody by the Ubombo Magistrate's Court in northern KwaZulu-Natal for human trafficking. The suspect was arrested last week in Emanguzi in the far north of the province after allegedly attempting to sell a 12-year boy with albinism to a traditional healer for 100-thousand-rand. The suspect is due back in court for a formal bail application next week. Nomas...

The South African economy shed fifteen-thousand jobs in the first quarter of 2016. This is according to the Stats SA's quarterly employment survey, which shows that the jobs were lost across all sectors of the economy. This is a decline of 0.2 per cent in the formal employment sector of the country's economy. Economic analyst, Loane Sharp discusses this with Elvis Presslin...

New legislation to reduce salt in processed foods .The Heart and Stroke foundation says while the bill is ground breaking it will not completely resolve our excess salt intake. We speak to Christelle Crickmore, Science and Programme Development Manager at the Heart and Stroke Foundation SA and Prof Melvin Freeman Director of communicable diseases at the Department of Health about the new legislati...

The Inkatha Freedom Party IFP, is opposing an application by the National Freedom Party NFP, to get the IEC to extend it's deadline for a registration fee. The NFP has approached the Electoral Court sitting in the Johannesburg High Court following an announcement that it has been disqualified for participating in elections as it missed the crucial deadline. Dr Lindiwe Makhunga Political Science Le...

NGO 'Doctors Without Borders is continuing its prevention campaign against yellow fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola. Yellow fever is yet to be contained in these countries. 350-thousand people have been vaccinated. SF's Borrie Le Grange explains...

Eleven people have been arrested following looting in Tshwane this past week. ANC Tshwane Mayoral candidate, Thoko Didiza says they're confident that the party will retain control of the metro. Didiza together with the ANC Gauteng leadership have been canvassing for support for the upcoming municipal election. Didiza says Tshwane as the capital of the country is very important to the ANC. Elvis Pr...

World-wide, substance abuse is a major problem and is also on the increase. ANC MP, Vytjie Mentoor, former drug addicts - Pastor Ryan September and his wife Kelly and a mother, April Jenny, who had a son that was a former drug addict