The Weekend View

United States President Donald Trump has a received a swift backlash from the medical fraternity after publicly questioning whether ultraviolet light and household disinfectant could be used to kill the coronavirus. His remarks followed a short presentation at the daily White House briefing by a scientist who provided anecdotal evidence about how sunlight and disinfectants like bleach or alcohol c...

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

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

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

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

The University of KwaZulu-Natal in partnership with the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), will conduct a joint survey investigating the impact of Covid-19 on healthcare workers who are on the frontline of the global fight against COVID-19. Across the world, with South Africa being no exception, many healthcare workers have been infected with the virus. UKZN and the HSRC seek to understand ho...

The Covid-19 pandemic and resulting lockdown has exposed weaknesses in many organisations' workforce management practices. This according to Managing Director of local software developer Sauce-code Graham Fry. Fry says most companies were completely unprepared to manage users in their homes. He also says the real value is not for companies to monitor their workers, but rather in managing them. For...

Workers at a supermarket in Khayelitsha say they are afraid to go home to their loved ones after two staff members at the store tested positive for coronavirus. The workers say they fear that they may spread the virus if they have also been infected. Corbin August has more details ...

Nursing union, DENOSA, says government must continue to ensure that all health workers are provided with Personal Protective Equipment at all times as they are in the forefront of fighting the corona virus. The union says it's sad to note the number of doctors and nurses that have died in countries such as Italy due to a lack of protective equipment such as masks and gloves. Wisani Makhubele repor...

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

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

Many people across the world have reacted in different ways when it comes to dealing with the lockdown imposed by the governments, with some resorting to unhealthy eating. Some have used food as a coping mechanisim. Meanwhile, the World Health organizations says proper nutrition and hydration are vital. People who eat a well-balanced diet tend to have a stronger immune systems and a lower risk of...

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

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

There's been mixed reactions to the amendments of the 21-day lockdown regulations. On Thursday, Co-operative Governance & Traditional Affairs minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini -Zuma announced that the National Command Council had resolved to ease the rules relating to funerals, by allowing travel between provinces and metros, to attend burials. This followed what many considered flip-flopping by Tran...

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

The Limpopo Department of Health has raised concern against South African medical Doctors Association's open later to adrress the issue of the two doctors who tested positive for covid-19. This after the department's decision to put the two doctors under isolation. In a statement the department said the doctors refused and wanted to be treated differently to other patients. Meanwhile one of the Do...

A private hospital in Durban might be closed after eleven of its nurses tested positive of the coronavirus. That's according to KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala. The Premier and Health MEC - Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu - addressed the media following a meeting of the provincial government's command team dealing with COVID-19. Meanwhile all the eleven districts in the province have now recorded case...

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

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

As the country is dealing with the Corona virus pandemic, a lot of adjustments would have to be made by members of the public when it comes to funerals. The Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the face of burials in the Free State. There will be no traditional practices allowed for the burial of a person who died from the virus in the Mangaung Metro. Strict guidelines have been put in place...

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

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

Economists say Moody's decision to downgrade South Africa to junk status need not further affect the country's economy, as much of the damage has already been done. The credit rating agency has stripped South Africa of its bond grading, citing constraints on the government's finances and a weak economy as the reasons for the downgrade. The move has done a devastating blow to the country which has...

Government says it will now look at ways to refine some of the measures put in place in a bid to contain the spread of COVID19 during the 21 day lock down. South Africans are officially on a lock down, but it seems some of the plans by government to keep everyone at home were not effective in some area, despite the deployment of the South African National Defence Force . Public transportation was...