The Weekend View

The biological parents of a girl kidnapped from a Cape Town hospital 17 years ago have come to an agreement with the family that raised her. This comes after the Cape Town Magistrate's Court this week set strict bail conditions for the 50-year-old woman accused of kidnapping Zephany Nurse when she was three days old. An SAfm listener, Sandile Mbeje gives us his experience of being separated from h...

All eyes are on the Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene when he presents the National Budget Speech for 2015/16 on Wednesday. Chief Economist at Institute of Race Relations Ian Cruickshanks gives his views on the Budget Speech as well as the issue of Illicit Financial Flows from Africa.

The High Court in Pretoria has dismissed an application by Police Minister Nathi Nhleko to appeal against it's earlier ruling relating to the suspension of Hawks boss, Anwa Dramat. This is but one of many cases where government's decision had to be reversed. To look into whether the state does due delegence before making any essential decisions, we are joined on the line by Consitutional and Admin...

SADTU"s Deputy General Secretary Nkosana Dolopi speaks to Elvis Presslin on the announcement by the basic education department that Grade eight and nine maths teachers will attend extra lessons once a week. The new programme has raised eyebrows, with education stakeholders complaining that it will take teachers out of school for 23 days a year. SADTU says the programme will affect time-tabling and...

Elvis Presslin talks to our Foreign Affairs Editor, Sophie Mokoena about the latest in the Zambia vote counting. Sophie says the race is tight...

On our editors this week - Donwald Pressly-Correspondent FIN24 and contributing editor Noseweek; Juanita Williams-Managing editor at All Africa News.com and SABC deputy political editor, Mahlatse Gallens

Former South African Police Brigadier, Piet Byleveld speaks to Elvis Presslin on the issue of awaiting trial prisoners escaping from custody

Nutritional Consultant, Vanessa Ascencao says lack of sleep can potentially contribute to memory loss, poor brain function and mental illness...

International Criminal Police Organization, INTERPOL has called for the global community to assist in capturing 139 fugitives wanted by 36 member countries for environmental crimes. The newly launched Operation Infra Terra (International Fugitive Round Up and Arrest) is the first INTERPOL fugitive operation targeting individuals specifically wanted for environmental crimes, including illegal fishi...

TEARS Foundation founder, Mara Glennie says women can dial *120*7355# free from their cellular phones to report rape by police officers following a report that the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) tabled to Parliament's police portfolio committee that it is investigating over 60 rape cases involving police officers...

Millicent Nyembe of Nyembe Waste Management has emerged victorious at the national SAB Kickstart Entrepreneurship Programme for the year 2014, winning R500 000 in prize money...

We spoke to Director legal and contitutional expert at Institute for African Renaissance Studies at UNISA, Prof Shadrack Gutto Director on deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke calling for the review of the powers of the national executive as too much power rests in the presidency...

In South Africa over a million orphaned, abused, neglected and abandoned children, fall through the cracks of the foster care system. This despite foster care benefits been provided to over 560-thousand children. In our parenting slot this week we speak to Trix Marais, the Acting National Executive Director of Child Welfare South Africa on fostering children....

The National Home Builders Council has embarked on a nationwide roadshow to educate its stakeholders and consumers about upholding high quality standards of construction. The council's CEO Mongezi Mnyani speaks to Elvis Presslin about the challenges within the industry and finding solutions to the problem of poor infrastructure...

Social Development mininster, Bathebile Dlamini talks to Elvis Preslin regarding the families of the deceased in the Nigeria tragedy...

Our reporter Chriselda Lewis talks to Elvis Preslin about the arrival of the Special Envoy to Nigeria, Minister in the presidency, Jeff Radebe...

This week's editors - Natasha Marrian, BUSINESS DAY POLITICS EDITOR; SABC's Thandeka Gqubule, ECONOMICS EDITOR and Mahlatse Gallens, SABC DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR...

SCOAN spokesperson, Kirsten Nemantendani speaks to Elvis Preslin on the Nigeria saga...

Marketing Expert, Thebe Ikalefeng says it was a mistake on the part of Cell C to focus their energy on fighting the client instead of addressing his grivience...

We spoke to leader of African People's Convention (APC) and member of Parliament, Themba Godi on his response to the chaos this week in parliament and the listeners weighed in on his views...

Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe is under pressure to use all means at his disposal to ensure the return of the remains of more than 80 killed in a Nigerian church building collapse in September. Spokesperson for the ministerial committee on Nigeria, Phumla Williams, says it is believed of those killed, 81 were South Africans. She says the Nigerian government is still busy with the verificat...

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it may approach the Equality Court should the owner of a building with segregated toilets not be cooperative. Commission investigators visited the Vleissentraal office block in Louis Trichardt in Limpopo this week following reports that the buildings toilets are allocated according to race groups. We spoke to spokesperson for the Human Rights Commission,...

This week on the editors we engaged Associate Editor at Daily Maverick, Ranjeni Munusamy, SABC Foreign Desk Editor, Sophie Mokoena and Editor of The Sunday Independent, Jovial Rantoa on the stories making headlines last week and those to look out for on the week ahead...

On the Health Slot this week we spoke to Clinical Haematologist, Dr Andrew McDonald about Von Willebrand disease which is a common hereditary bleeding disorder, more common and usually milder than haemophilia...

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