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Former president, Kgalema Motlanthe says those opposed to the expropriation of land without compensation are driven by their class interests. Montlanthe was speaking on our sister programme, Morning Live where he also addressed criticisms labelled against him and the recommendations made by the high-level panel on land reform. Meanwhile, IFP leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, also weighed in on the deb...

Net1, which is the parent company of Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), has denied that it is doing all it can to ensure that it continues to benefit from the distribution of social grants. CEO Herman Kotze says they are in fact looking forward to cutting ties with SASSA in September this year, when the contract comes to an end. This was in response to statements made by the Inter-ministerial Committe...

There is a strong police presence in the Kimberley CBD as residents protest against two Sol Plaatjie Municipality employees. Chief Financial Officer Lydia Mahloko and Municipal Manager Goolam Akhawaray, are accused of paying a communications company 1.2 million rand for a campaign that was notifying residents that tariff hikes would be implemented this month. Violence broke out earlier and police...

Radio 2000 VDJ2018 Weekend - Glen does crossing to Ntombi

@letshegom is heading back to Kilimanjaro to honour her late husband Gugu Zulu. @GlenLewisSA #Trees4Gugu #theglenzitosuperdrive 3-6pm

We're super excited for the #GlobalCitizenFestivalSA happening in Jozi in December! Entertainment Commentator @PhilMphela chats to @GlenLewisSA about it. #TheGlenzitoSuperDrive

President Cyril Ramaphosa has applauded the Nigerian government for consulting widely before signing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. Currently, 49 countries including South Africa have signed the agreement which seeks to allow the free movement of goods and people across the continent. It was adopted at the recent African Union Summit. This is seen as an important step to realise reg...

One of the founding members and minority shareholder of the VBS, Mr Madambi Muvhulawa say they are going to court to challenge what they call "A likely intention" to shut the mutual bank down. This after the South African Reserve Bank announced that it will prioritise the bank's retail depositors as the Venda-based mutual bank faces an uncertain future. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Madambi Muvhulawa.

One of the people injured in yesterday's plane crash at Kameeldrift outside Pretoria has died in hospital. This brings to two the number of deceased. The Civil Aviation Authority is in the meantime continuing with investigations into the crash. The passengers are said to be foreigners from Australia and the Netherlands. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Peter Mashaba who is Executive: Accident and Inident...

An SABC team which will take part in the Trek-4-Mandela Centenary Climb this weekend at Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, got a heart warming surprise when they received a R10 000 donation from Nedbank live on SAfm this afternoon. The money will help to buy sanitary pads for girls who have no financial means to do so. Hundreds of girls across the country miss school because they have no sanitary wear...

The General Council of the Bar which registers advocates in the country, is meeting this weekend in order to thoroughly consider yesterday's court ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal. The court ruled that the suspended Deputy National Director of Public prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba, and National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) specialised commercial crimes head Lawrence Mrwebi, not be struck of the ro...

100 young people from disadvantaged backgrounds will get a chance to achieve their dreams of becoming filmmakers through a new film school, Leaders In Motion Academy. @glenlewissa @thatomolamu #TheGlenzitoSuperDrive

In this episode, Bussai talks to Busi Kubeka from Mpumalanga Mental Health Society. The focus is on a variety of awareness campaigns run by the organization on different types of disabilities and victims HIV.

Banks will no longer be able to throw their hands up in the air on the issue of illegal debit orders. Consumers have been up in arms over the years regarding deductions made from their accounts without authorisation. These transactions have been going undetected because banks only notify their clients if a payment of more than R100 is made. A new system known as DebiCheck will compel the banks to...

Spend money on a humble meal or sanitary pads? That's the dilemma confronting many poverty-stricken homes in the country and on the continent. More often than not, the grumbling stomach wins. The SABC's Gillian Pillay and Thabo Madilola have been to the village of Luphisi in Mpumalanga to retrace the steps of the Trek4Mandela campaign that's changing young lives.

Thousands of men and some women have embarked on a 100 Men March to the Union Building in Pretoria, to raise awareness about violence against women and children. Several Ministers, representatives of SARS, the police, the Tshwane Metro Police, NGOs and government departments have taken part. The campaign seeks to get more men involved in the fight against this scourge. Here are some of the people...

The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed the counter appeal by the General Council of the Bar of SA (GCB) and overturned a high court ruling that called for Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba and Special Director of Public Prosecutions Lawrence Mrwebi to be struck off the roll of advocates. Jiba and Mrwebi were struck off the roll on September 15, 2016, by Judge Francis...

Due to signal problems our listeners in some parts of the country were unable to listen to the show. So we have a podcast of the whole show for you.

Allegations continue to mount against one of South Africa's largest institutions for mentally and physically challenged people. Durban Coastal and Mental Health was earlier implicated in a rape case and claims of exploiting patients. It has now emerged that the mental institution uses some mental patients as security guards. Nonjabulo Mntungwa reports

North West MEC for Health, Dr. Magome Masike, says they are beginning to see some improvement since measures were put in place following national government's decision to place the department under administration. Masike briefed the media this morning. The province's health system was plagued by serious problems including allegations of corruption, a shortage of staff and equipment, poor service a...

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says it does not foresee any problems in the next payment cycle. Grant beneficiaries stood in long queues this week as the agency experienced technical problems mostly at Post Office pay points. Frustrated beneficiaries had to be compensated with food parcels while they waited for their payments. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SASSA's Kgomotso Diseko.

Trade unions at power utility Eskom have rejected the company's revised offer of a 6.5% wage increase. The unions are currently in talks with the employer. The unions wants 9 percent. Eskom had initially offered a zero percent increase. NUMSA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola gave us an update.

British police say a man and a woman found unconscious near Salisbury in the UK, where a former Russian spy and his daughter were attacked with a nerve agent in March, - were exposed to the same substance, known as Novichok. The couple are in a critical condition in the same hospital that treated the Russian pair and a huge police operation has now been launched to find the source of the nerve age...

The Board of Healthcare Funders has admitted that its members structure products in a way that does not afford consumers to make good comparisons of what is being offered. The organisation was speaking following revelations by the Competition Commission's Health Market Inquiry into private healthcare funding. The Commission released its provisional report during a media briefing in Sandton, Johann...

The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa has thrown its weight behind the EFF on the land debate. Contralesa says they agree that Section 25 of the constitution, which deals with the right of property ownership, should be amended and that the government should be the custodian of expropriated land. This comes as Parliament's Constitutional Review Committee holds countrywide public heari...