The Weekend View

The Free Market Foundation has expressed concerns over the proposed Financial Sector Regulation Bill, known as the twin peaks bill. The foundation says that the new system has no identifiable benefits and is being launched in times of economic hardships when it can be least afforded. We had a chat with Free Market Foundation executive director Leon Louw and Ismail Momoniat, deputy director general...

As we continue to celebrate women's month, it has emerged that positive strides have been made as far as women's participation in the labour market. Statistics show that it has dramatically increased in recent decades indicating a relatively high participation compared to South Africa's peers. However there's still concerns that their rights are most at risk in regard to gender equality, with spec...

The SABC Pension Fund remains one of the top performing funds in the multi-billion dollar South African industry, consistently yielding above average member benefits and pensioner payments which increase annually well in excess of the inflation rate, was awarded an International Business Award. The SABC Pension Fund a member of the Institute for Retirement Funds Africa received the 2016 Silver Ste...

Several companies in the sweetened beverages industry are concerned that the proposed tax on sweetened beverages will lead to job losses. The National Treasury published a policy paper last month proposing a 20 percent tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) to take effect in April 2017. Companies such as Coca Cola, Twizza and Refreshhh held a press briefing in Port Elizabeth where they highlighted...

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The SABC Pension Fund remains one of the top performing funds in the multi-billion dollar South African industry, consistently yielding above average member benefits and pensioner payments which increase annually well in excess of the inflation rate, was awarded an International Business Award. The SABC Pension Fund a member of the Institute for Retirement Funds Africa received the 2016 Silver Ste...

DA's chairperson for the Federal executive, James Self says says parties prefer coalitions formed on common objectives .Selfe confirmed that they are in talks with the EFF and other smaller parties. In the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro the party has formed an alliance to discuss a coalition with either the ANC or the DA. The Patriotic Alliance, COPE, and the United Front have formed this block to stren...

The process to appoint a new Public Protector is slowly drawing to a close. The multi party ad hoc committee tasked with appointing a new Public Protector interviewed candidates from Thursday morning until early hours of Friday morning. Elvis Presslin spoke to David Lewis...

Retirement funding and the sound governance of pension and provident funds all play a significant role in the greater socio-economic wellbeing for the country and on a global scale. T Wayne Hiller Van Rensburg, Chairman of the IRFA Management Board.....

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