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

The South African National Editors' Forum, SANEF, has called on all media organisations to make sure their staff have the relevant protective gear as the country battles to contain the spread of the coronavirus. A journalist at the SABC's Kimberly office in the Northern Cape tested positive for the COVID19 infection. SANEF says journalists and media workers are among the essential staff listed on...

Deputy police minister Cassel Mathale has had harsh words against the Limpopo police management for police's failure to enforce the Covid-19 public gathering regulations during the funeral service of police officer in Thohoyandou. Hundreds of mourners, had attended the funeral service of the slain Warrant Officer Stanley Mudau. Mudau was stabbed to death allegedly by a rape suspect whom he had wan...

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

For the first time since the advent of democracy, South Africa will not commemorate Human Rights Day. This as the Corona virus continues to spread across the country forcing government to cancel all public gatherings. After declaring Covid19 a state of national disaster on Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa instructed that all gatherings should be limited to not more than 100 people to control the...

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says all passengers travelling from countries that are considered high-risk for the spread of the coronavirus have been barred from entering South Africa. He says the extraordinary measures against travellers from countries such as China and the US are aimed at protecting South Africans

The outbreak of COVID-19 and the resulting travel bans and restrictions on gatherings has resulted in a flood of cancellations of flights, accommodation and other services. According to the Consumer Goods & Services Ombud, these cancellations will clearly have a negative impact both on consumers, suppliers and the economy. The office says there is a widespread confusion about the rights and respon...

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

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called a special cabinet meeting today (Sunday) as the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus increases to 38. Health minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that the number of confirmed cases has jumped from 24. Mkhize says seven new cases have been confirmed in Gauteng, six in the Western Cape and one in KwaZulu-Natal. Three of the newly confirmed cases are of peo...

The abaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo has been released on warning by the Mthatha magistrate court in the Eastern Cape. This follows his arrest in the early hours on Friday for the alleged assault of his son, acting King Azenathi Zanelizwe Dalindyebo and his wife. He allegedly vandalised doors and windows as he forced everybody to leave the palace. Our reporter Nkululeko Nyembezi visited the p...

United States President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency over the spread of Coronavirus in the United States. The declaration will free up some 50 billion dollars in disaster relief to assist states and local municipalities fight the pandemic which has infected over 1800 people in the country and claimed more than 40 lives. The President has invoked the Stafford Act which allows the...

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

Spokesperson for South African Medical Association Dr Angelique Coetzee says self isolation is impossible to enforce. Coetzee was reacting to the second case of corona virus in South Africa. Jon Gericke spoke to her...

The Health Department has confirmed that a second person has tested positive for the deadly coronavirus in South Africa -- this time in the Gauteng. The patient is a 39-year old woman, who was in direct contact with the 38-year old man from KZN, who was recently confirmed as SA's first case of the virus. The two were part of a group that travelled to Italy and arrived back in the country on the fi...

Litigation Attorney at Adams and Adams Mthokozisi Maphumulo speaks to Jon Gericke about legal recourse for parents who lost their children while on school excursions can seek

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says he is concerned about the high level of misinformation on social media and fake news about Coronavirus which might lead to unnecessary public panic. Jon Gericke spoke to SABC Digital News by Tegan Bedser about fake news reporting...

Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, says more than 300 people have been tested for the corona virus, while another 18, who were in contact with the only diagnosed South African, have been quarantined. Mkhize also says its not necessary to test learners at a KwaZulu Natal school for the corona virus. To talk to us about how we should conduct ourselves in public areas given the current situation of Co...

The World Health Organisation in Africa has called on communities to look out for information on how to deal with the outbreak of corona virus in their areas. It says communities should be well informed on the virus in order to curb the spread of rumours and misinformation. The organisation says it has been assessing the continent's preparedness to deal with the virus and prioritising public aware...

Members of the Gauteng Electricity Movement have vowed to continue with their shutdown in protest over electricity cuts. They also want Eskom to stop installing prepaid meters and are demanding that the power utility reconnect all homes that had their electricity cut-off. For more Jon Gericke spoke to Spokesperson of Gauteng Housing Crisis committee and Gauteng Electricity Committee Seth Mazibuko

Two Gauteng grade eight learners who had been reported missing have been re-united with their families. Fourteen-year-old Lindokuhle Masuku from Queens high school was allegedly kidnapped while waiting at the school gate on Monday. On the same day 15-year-old Kate Spies from Lantern School for learners with special needs in Roodepoort west of Johannesburg was also reported missing. It is alleged t...

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says, to date, South Africa still has no confirmed cases of COVID-19. Dr Kerrigan McCarthy explains