The Weekend View

UK Prime Minister, Theresa May says MPs need to back her Brexit deal despite EU leaders ruling out any renegotiation. This after, 650 members of the UK parliament were supposed to vote on the deal May struck with EU members on how exactly the UK should leave the EU. Meanwhile, Former Prime Minister Tony Blair says the EU would help the UK remain, if it was prepared to think again. Blair further ad...

On today's edition of the Unedited we looked at Communication Workers Union saying the SABC requires not just a bailout, but a sustainable strategy that will be effective enough to create jobs in the future. Low paid South African workers will earn the National Minimum Wage of 20 rand an hour from the 1st of next month and advocate Shamila Batohi will take over as head of the NPA from February nex...

Cameroon has been stripped of the right to host next year's African Cup of Nations soccer tournament due to security risk. The decision was made by tournament organizer the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after a special meeting of its executive committee in Ghana. CAF president Ahmad, says the move to take the tournament away from the Central African country was "a crucial and decisive mo...

In 2017, the National Consumer Commission (NCC) launched an inquiry into the vacation ownership or timeshare industry following a number of unresolved consumer disputes within the industry. Some of the submissions that were made during the hearings are the inability to cancel contracts with the Clubs, value of the points that industry sells to consumers and unavailability of accommodation. Elvis P...

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says Eskom has come up with a plan which will be updated weekly between now and the end of January with regard to making efforts to keep lights on. Gordhan was briefing the media at Megawatt Park in Johannesburg on Eskom's current operational challenges. Earlier Eskom announced that it would implement stage two load shedding from nine o'clock to ten o'clo...

In this week's edition of the Unedited we look at State Capure Inquiry which continued to hog the headlines. Fingers were again pointed at President Jacob Zuma, his son Duduzane and Fomer cabinet Minsiter Malusi Gibaba during the testimonies of those who took the stand at the state capture inquiry. Elvis Presslin spoke to Jovial Rantao, Group Ombudsman at the Independent Media and SANEF's Executiv...

Agang parliamentary leader, Andries Tlouamma has written to the speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete to request a debate of national importance on what he calls the Economic Freedom Fighther (EFF)'s violence against media. The request for a debate comes after the South African Editors' Forum (SANEF) having requested a meeting with the party. Elvis Presslin spoke to Media and Political Co...

In this week's edition of the Unedited- We looked at the State Capure Inquiry which continued to hog the headlines -- together with the sideshows around it. Public Enterprises minister, Pravin Gordhan and former Treasury Director General, Fuzile Lugisa told their side of the story -- but there was much noise -- literally -- in the background heckling Gordhan. Elvis Presslin spoke to SABC Political...

Lobby Group Afriforum wants the High Court in Cape Town to stop Parliament from debating the Constitutional Review Committee's report of amending section 25 of the Constitution to make provision for the expropriation of land without compensation. Afriforums wants a judicial review of the whole committee process. But Parliament says it will oppose the court application. Meanwhile, According to a re...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the changes he has made in his cabinet as the first wave of government re-alignment. He has merged the departments of Communications with Telecommunications and Postal Services to be headed by minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. He has also moved Dr Siyabonga Cwele to the Home Affairs portfolio. Nomvula Mokonyane has replaced the late Edna Molewa as Environmen...

CEO of FNB Easy, Pieter Woodhatch says families should make every effort to track what every cent is spent on. Woodhatch says a budget is a good way of identifying where your money goes and it also helps identity wastage and unnecessary expenses. He further adds that in order for you to be consistent you have to ensure that all family members are onboard as there may be some sacrifices that need t...

The board of the Public Investment Corporation has announced that it is to part ways with its CEO Daniel Matjila with immediate effect. This follows the recent letter from Matjila in which he expressed his intention to resign. In a statement, the Board said the decision was in the interest of both the PIC and the CEO. Elvis Presslin spoke to UDM leader, Bantu Holomisa

Following yesterday's madness of Black Friday shopping, many consumers might find themselves having a change of heart with the goods they bought or if they found them to be faulty. And now will be faced with the daunting task of returning the goods back to the store. While you are doing this, do you know your rights as a consumer when it comes to the return of goods. Elvis Presslin spoke to the Na...

On today's edition of the Unedited. We look at the Former public enterprises Minister, Barbara Hogan appearance before the State capture commission. On Monday, Hogan revealed how she was put under pressure to appoint Siyabonga Gama as Transnet head despite the board's top candidate Sipho Maseko. Krivani Pillay spoke to Ranjeni Munsamy, Associate Editor at Tiso black star and SABC National Bulletin...

Parliament's Constitutional Review Committee has resolved to amend the Constitution to provide for the expropriation of land without compensation. The decision, by majority vote, follows months of public hearings and written submissions. The ANC, EFF, and NFP all supported the proposal while the DA, Cope, the Freedom Front Plus, and IFP opposed it. Meanwhile, the Joint Constitutional Review Commit...

On the saturday edition of the weekend view, we looked at road fatalities as the festive season edges closer. We also took a look at the state of the economy, following the MTBPS and Investement conference

On the EDITORS ,Elvis Presslin speaks to veteran journalists Oupa Ngwenya: Forum of Black journalists (SA) Founding Secretary general and freelance journalist & Magauta Molefe: Former journalist with the voice n

Minister of Women in the Presidency, Bathabile Dlamini, and chairperson of the Portfolio Committee in the department, Thandi Memela, have saluted the bravery of Cheryl Zondi - an alleged rape victim testifying in the trial of Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso. In their statement they say she is an inspiration to millions of young women who have broken the silence on sexual harassment. Omotoso and hi...

This Sunday we looked at the VBS heist and stories that were prominent in the week on Unedited

This week we looked at the dangerous religious practices and the pastor Omotoso court case

We started the week the shutdwn protest in Westbury and Capetown and Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene's apology . Elvis caught up with Hendrich Wyngaard columnist at rapport newspaper & Acting SABC Assignment editor Tshepo Phagane

Political Analyst Ralph Mathekga says Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene's apology changes everything about the relationship he had with those who stood for him .Elvis Presslin spoke to him

he EFF has rejected Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene's apology. It has instead described him as a liar and called for his immediate resignation. Nene publicly apologised on Friday after he failed to fully disclose his interactions with the Gupta family. Nene's apology comes three weeks before he presents the Medium-Term Budget speech. It also casts a shadow over his political credibility at a time w...

The organisers of yesterday 's protests in Ennerdale and Eldorado Park, south of johannesburg, say they will continue with protest action until President Cyril Ramaphosa and Gauteng premier David Makhura pledge action against crime, gangsterism and the economic exclusion of South Africa's coloured communities. The protests started after a Westbury mother - Heather Peterson was fatally shot and and...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says now that the 2018 Jobs Summit has ended, the task ahead will be to focus on implementing of the framework agreement. The agreement which social partners, government, business and labour signed, entails that 275-thousand jobs will be created per year. When Ramaphosa officially closed the summit in Midrand, Johannesburg, he proposed that it be held bi-annually. He says...