The Weekend View

101 ANC stalwarts have called on the party to reclaim the trust of the society before is too late. They have thrown their support behind finance minister, Pravin Gordhan. Meanwhile, the Mail & Guardian reported that SARS employee, Vlok Symington was allegedly held against his will by the Hawks' Nyameka Xaba and Tom Moyane's bodyguard. Investigative journalist at the Mail and Guardian, Pauli Van Wy...

President Jacob Zuma has given notice, of his intention to suspend two Deputy National Directors of Public Prosecutions, Advocates Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi from office. This is pending an enquiry into their fitness to hold office. Zola Majavu, law representative for Advocate Nomgcobo Jiba and former Head of the NPA Head Mxolisi Nxasana give their views on this...

Chief Economist at Institute of Race Relations Ian Cruickshanks discusses Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan's proposed new tax measures which will amount to R13-billion in the 2017-2018 financial year.

Spam SMSs' are a growing problem in South Africa. Although most times you have an opt-out option spammers continue sending messages. On today's Consumer Conversation we speak to Pieter Streicher, managing director of BulkSMS.com.

The Mail and Guardian on Friday reported that Tax boss Tom Moyane's nephew's scored a debt collection contract from SARS that could be worth R220-million. It further indicates that Nhlamulo Ndhlela's company, Lekgotla Outsourcing, was awarded a contract to collect R2.2-billion worth of taxpayers' debt. Group executive of employment relations at SARS, Luther Lebelo explains what happened...

Former ANC stalwarts have also spoken out against the decision to charge Gordhan. The latest has been former parliamentary speaker, Max Sisulu, who described Gordhan as a very good minister. Sisulu says he puts his support and faith in Gordhan. Former president Kgalema Motlanthe, veteran Ahmed Kathrada, Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom and Sisulu, among others is expected to accompany Gordhan to cou...

Violent clashes between protesting University students, police and security personnel once again marred the fees protests at institutions of higher education this week. More than thirty students were arrested at various institutions. Protesting students disrupted classes and caused damage to property. President of South African Council of Churches, Bishop Ziphozihle Siwa is involved in trying to f...

Kedilatile Legodi, Manager: Debt Counselling at the National Credit Regulator (NCR) speaks to Elvis Presslin about debt review for consumers, This as many South Africans remain concerned about the economy, especially following the recent summons for Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan to appear in court to face fraud charges relating to his former job at the South African Revenue Services.

Outgoing public protector advocate Thuli Madonsela says she has handed over her STATE CAPTURE REPORT to the speaker of the national assembly for safe keeping. This is after the high court in pretoria ordered that the report be preserved until application brought forward by president Jacob Zuma and co-operative governance minister Des Van Rooyen to interdict the release of the report are concluded....

THE Congress of the People (Cope) has laid corruption and fraud charges against the SABC Group Executive for Corporate Affairs Hlaudi Motsoeneng .The party alleges that Motsoeneng benefited unlawfully from the sabc - multi choice deal without authorisation of the board in 2013. Dennis Bloem, COPE's spokesperson tells us more

About 38 African states convened this week for an action plan to harness the cash economy under the auspices of the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) in Durban. It emerged at the conference that the popular mode of conducting business in the continent involves cash transactions that are largely unrecorded, and gobble at least 38 percent of the continent's GDP in terms of unaccounted tax. Dis...

Between 800 and one thousand children in South Africa are diagnosed with cancer annually but these figures could be higher as some are never diagnosed. Lorraine Govender from CANSA speaks to Elvis Presslin about childhood cancers

Wits University Students have vowed that no lectures will take place on Monday after Wits management postponed the General Assembly scheduled for yesterday (Friday). They claim they could not reach a consensus with students. A Wits council meeting is expected to be held this weekend to decide on the future of the 2016 academic year. student representative at Wits, Mcebo Dlamini and Chairman of For...

Wits university student leadership has rejected the results of a poll that was conducted by the university. In a poll conducted via SMS, e-mails and web-links, a majority of students and staff want lectures to resume on Monday. The university has been shut for almost two weeks. This follows violent protests on campuses across the country after Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande...

Professor Sallim Vally, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Director, Centre for Education Rights and Transformation University of Johannesburg speaks to Elvis Presslin about the unhappiness by students regarding the fees announcement. The on and off Fees Commission - established by President Jacob Zuma to investigate the feasibility of a free education has returned to Pretoria once agai...

Executive Mayor, Herman Mashaba gave his first speech as Johannesburg's mayor this past week. However it wasn't without disruption. In his speech, Mashaba shocked many when he announced that the money budgeted for bicycle lanes around the city would be used for other service delivery issues. Elvis Presslin questions Mashaba about these and other issues...

The NPA has placed Advocate Nomgcobo Jiba and Advocate Lawrence Mrwebi on special leave. The future of the two senior NPA officials is in the balance after the Pretoria High Court ruled on Thursday that they should be struck off the advocates' roll. Both intend to file for leave to appeal. Advocate Zola Majavu. the Lawyer for Advocate Nomgcobo Jiba speaks to Elvis Presslin

Sibongile Ramotshela, Right to Care's Cervical Cancer coordinator speaks to Elvis Presslin about the high rate of new cervical cancer cases in South Africa annually

The ANC has distanced itself from the views of its Chairperson of the Sub Committee for Economic Transformation Enoch Godongwana that the Hawks' investigation of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is politicallly motivated. Godogwana's comments are the most recent comments by ANC leaders which openly contradict each other. Political analyst, Prof Somadoda Fikeni speaks to Elvis Presslin about what is...

The executive council of the University of KwaZulu-Natal has criticized the SRC's call for vice chancellor Albert Van Jaarsveld and the rest of senior management to step down. The SRC accused the institution's executive management of being dysfunctional with agreements reached with students not being implemented. UKZN spokesperson, Lesiba Seshoka, Kwazulu-Natal Community Safety MEC, Mxolisi Kaunda...

Mother Teresa will officially be declared a saint at the Vatican in Rome today. In the Catholic Church, this is the highest honour bestowed on individuals, who people regard as holy, who have diede. Mother Teresa died at the age of 87 nearly two decades ago. The process of declaring her a saint began two years after her death, in 1999. Four years later she was beatified and declared Blessed Mother...

Dr Iraj Abedian‚ executive chairman at Pan-African Capital Holdings says South Africa is heading towards a recession due to poor political leadership and political in-fighting. He says the stand-off between the Hawks and the Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will continue to make markets nervous.

Sane Mdlalose a senior consultant at Aperio Marketing speaks to Elvis Presslin about value added products for consumers

Pretoria High School for Girls code of conduct clause banning African learners from wearing their natural afro-hair and dred-lock hair has been temporarily suspended. This follows a protest by learners who alleged that the code of conduct was used to promote racial tendencies and racism at the English speaking Girls High School in Pretoria. The racism incident compelled the provincial government a...

Zimbabwe police have been fighting running battles with hundreds of opposition protestors in Harare. Police used teargas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators. The High Court also earlier gave opposition parties the go-ahead to march for electoral reforms. Protesters pelted police vehicles with stones, and barricaded roads with burning tyres, rubbish bins and rocks. Opposition parties have u...