The Weekend View

Current Affairs programme which provides listeners with the latest local and International news hosted by Elvis Preslin. Tune in 104-107 every Saturday and Sunday morning from 6 to 7 am

Labour analyst, Terry Bell tells Elvis Presslin he didn't expect NUMSA's expulsion

SABC Contributing Editor, Vuyo Mvoko speaks to Elvis Presslin on the expulsion of NUMSA

Retirement tax reforms meant to kick in from March next year have been delayed, after organised labour struck a behind-closed-doors deal with the Treasury. This delay has exasperated the pension industry, which says it thwarts efforts to get South Africans to save more for retirement and is unnecessary as only a small number of the changes bother trade unions. The proposals caused widescale panic...

In our health slot this week, we take a look at medical breakthrough's. This week Geoffrey Raisman, a professor at the Institute of Neurology at University College London in the UK discovered a technique which could change the lives of people disabled by spinal cord injury. Anita Visser caught up with Professor Raisman who explained the process.....

This week on The Editors we engaged Managing Editor of Noseweek, Donwald Pressly and Political Editor at the City Press, Rapule Tabane on stories that made headlines on the week that was and those to look out for on the week ahead...

On the Inpiration Slot our Senior Producer Evelyn Tongwane caught up with motivational speaker and writer Linda Ntuli on the three keys to keeping your dream alive .....

A former manager of late Olympic Medalist Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, Peet Van Zyl has described Mulaudzi as a humble and dedicated athlete. The 34 year old athlete died in a car crash on his way to an Athletics SA meeting in Johannesburg. His sister, Tshifaro Mulaudzi confirmed the news yesterday. Van Zyl says Mulaudzi was a great hero with a lion's heart....

Fertility expert, Dr Yusuf Dasoo says over the past few years there has been an increase in the number of women who choose to undergo the process of human egg cryopreservation which is when a woman's eggs are frozen and kept in that state until she is ready to procreate at a later stage in her....

Government says anyone younger than 40 will no longer qualify to receive RDP houses. Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says young people need to understand that they are not government's priority in this regard unless they head child households. Spokesperson for the Human Settlements Minister, Ndivhuwo Mabaya says the priority is the elderly...

Head of Brokers at MUA Insurance Acceptances, Warwick Scott Rodger has stressed the importance of consumers knowing the risks of being victims of and implications of buying a cloned vehicle. He addds that this is the is the equivalent of identity theft where syndicates transfer VIN and engine numbers from one car to another in an effort to legitimise the latter....

South Africa is cutting back on consumption spending as total debt approaches 50 percent of gross domestic product, a level the government considers unsustainable. This come out during the Mid-Term Budget presented by Finance Minister, Nhlanhla Nene in Parliament on Wednesday. Tighter fiscal policy at a time when the central bank is raising interest rates to curb inflation may limit economic outpu...

Election authorities, the Independent Electoral Commission in Botswana continues to count and finalize votes after polling ended on Friday. We spoke to our reporter in Botswana, Sentleeng Lehihi...

Multiple Grammy Award winning musician and philanthropist, Alicia Keys held a protest in New York to raise awareness about the 200-plus Nigerian schoolgirls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in April. Our producer Sithakazelo Dlamini earlier spoke to her about her reaction to claims of a release agreement between Boko Haram and the Nigerian Army...

As we approach the festive season and with the increase in mall robberies, the issue of comprehensive public liability cover has come to the fore. Last week, saw Cape Town's biggest and busiest shopping centre, Canal Walk also being targeted. We spoke to Underwritting Executive at SHA Specialist Underwriters, Simon Colman what exactly public liability cover is...

Medical NGO, Doctors Without Borders says recent pledges of help and the deployments of personnel to west Africa, have not had any impact on the Ebola epidemic. This as four South African fieldworkers with the organisation return home this week from Sierra Leone and Liberia. Our Producer Sithakazelo Dlamini spoke to Jens Pederson who is part of the field workers that recently returned from West Af...

Learners from Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Limpopo have been taught how to have a healthy body, healthy mind and healthy world. This is part of the Nutriday Schools Programme implemented in 1200 schools and involving one million learners which implements curriculum aligned for grades 1 to 7 educational material . We spoke to Wesley Chetty, Nutriday Brand Manager...

Nigeria's military and presidency claims to have reached a ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram militants which will see the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls. President Goodluck Jonathan's Principal Secretary, Hassan Tukur, confirmed that an agreement to end hostilities has been reached following talks, as well as the release of 219 girls held captive since April. We spoke to The Voic...

First it was South Africa's justice system on trial, with courtroom cameras filming every moment of the Oscar Pistorius proceedings and beaming out a live feed to intense international scrutiny. Now, with the double-amputee sprinter back in court to learn his sentence, South Africa's prison conditions are in the spotlight. We opened the lines and here are some of the comments in the matter...

On 1 June 2015, Physics professor, Ntate Dan Kgwadi will take over from Dr Theuns Elof as the first black vice-chancellor in the history of North-West University. Despite the challanges he faced when growing up in Kraaipan and Taung in North-West province, Ntate Dan Kgwadi made the best of the situation and studied his way out of the rural despair. Listen to his interview with Elvis Presslin here....

Each year on the 12th of October, the Sunflower Fund holds its "national Bandana day". It was formed in 1999 to give all South Africans diagnosed with leukaemia and other life-threatening blood disorders the chance of life. In our health slot this week is the Sunflower Fund CEO, Tarryn Corlett...

As South Africa marks National Human Trafficking Awareness Week, sex workers' organisations have disputed suggestions that the decriminalisation of commercial sex work will lead to an increase human trafficking. SWEAT's Gauteng provincial manager, Dianne Massawe spoke with Elvis Presslin, and he asked her to suggest the best way to better regulate the industry...

The International Day of the Girl Child promotes girls' rights and highlights gender inequalities that remain between girls and boys. Professor Sheila Tlou, UNAIDS regional director Southern and Eastern Africa speaks to Elvis Presslin on this day...

Advocacy organisation, South Africans Against Drunk Driving (SADD), says the Justice Department should review the reduced sentences of hip hop singer Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye and Themba Tshabalala. Elvis Presslin spoke to Director at BDK Attorney, Ulrich Roux and began by asking him to explain exactly what is Pre-meditated murder, murder and calpable homicide...

Dietitian, Andrea Du Plessis talks to Elvis Presslin regarding Vitamins