The Weekend View

In this week's CONSUMER CONVERSATION: Legal experts are warning couples that before they say their "I do's", they need to decide which type of marriage contract they want to enter into. Jennifer Stoler, an associate and notary at Schindlers Attorneys...

Kirsten Hornsby, national director at Tiny Hands, an organisation working to eradicate human trafficking talks more on the issue of human trafficking

Cape Town could run out of water by September if current consumption levels are maintained. Visiting Adjunct Professor at the Wits School of Governance and a Commissioner of South Africa's first National Planning Commission says in 2007 the City of Cape Town was warned that there might be a water crisis in future due to the continuous increase in population...

ANC member of parliament Dr Makhosi Khoza says she finds it extremely difficult to NOT vote with her conscious in Vote of NO confidence against President Jacob Zuma. Regarding the threats by ANC youth League, Khoza says the party is addressing the matter- but has asked her to stop posting critically about the party on her Facebook page.

Free State police say more bodies of illegal miners are still underground at the disused Harmony Eland Mine in Welkom.the benchmarks foundation has renewed its call for the department of minerals resources to legitimise the so called Zama Zama mining in a bid to curb deaths related to it. Solly Phetla, from the deputy minister's office at the department of mineral resources, reacts to calls on the...

Consumers who have been subjected to the "pawn your car and still drive it" scheme may be able to breath a sigh of relief after it was declared unlawful. NCR's Manager: Investigations & Enforcement at the National Credit Regulator, Jacqueline Peters tells us more....

The spate of killings of women in South Africa over the past four weeks has sparked public outcry and anger against women abuse and how men treat women. Tracey Boomgaard filed this report about femicide, and we spoke to anonymous about her ordeal in 2015, Sifisosami Dube, Alliance and Partnerships Manager at GenderLinks,Major General Tebello Mosikili, the head of the FCS unit (family violence, chi...

The ANC in the Northern Cape will back Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa for the position of president of the party in the upcoming national elective conference. This was declared by the Northern Cape ANC at its provincial conference held in Colesberg. New chairperson of the ANC, Northern Cape, Zamani Saul...

Corruption Watch's Executive Director, David Lewis says they've written a letter to the Chairperson of the Eskom board, Ben Ngubane and Public Enterprises minister Lynne Browne on the Brian Molefe issue...

Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown says she is satisfied with the Eskom's board re-evaluation process for the return of CEO Brian Molefe to the power utility. When Molefe stepped down from Eskom after the release of the Public Protector's "State of Capture' report, he said that quitting was not an admission of wrongdoing but was in the best interests of Eskom and good corporate governance. Br...

Cyber experts have warned that further cyber attacks are imminent. This after an attack on Friday which saw around 100 countries been affected. Europe's police agency, Europol says a special task force at its Cybercrime Centre is looking into this issue and an investigation is underway to find those behind the attack. Roi Shaposhnik, Head of International Sales at Gold N' Links Cyber tells us what...

Social media was abuzz this week following a TV interview by Finance minister, Malusi Gigaba's wife Norma. In the interview, Norma Gigaba said that she was involved in improving the IT at the Department of Home Affairs. On Tuesday the minister, during his parliamentary oversight committee appearance, had to answer questions relating to his wife, among other issues from the EFF . This is not the fi...

The Malamulele Task Team says the decision by President Jacob Zuma and Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Des van Rooyen to have the Vhembe District Municipality service Vuwani is unlawful. In response to this move by government, some community leaders in Malamulele now want their area to fall under Mopani District Municipality from Vhembe. For a further perspective Dr Thivh...

Residents of Ennerdale, Finetown and Eldorado Park will know next week as to when will government build them houses. This is according to Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Paul Mashatile who visited the areas and met with community leaders. Doctor Hugo Van Der Merwe, Director of Research at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation spokes to us in detail about these and other protests...

Former President Thabo Mbeki has admitted that South Africa is currently facing a national crisis and serious interventions are urgently needed to address the problem. Mbeki was speaking at the inaugural National Foundation Dialogue Initiative in Parktown, where various foundations including the Thabo Mbeki, FW De Klerk, Umlambo and others launched the platform. It aims to address issues facing So...

The Department of Trade and Industry introduced the revised BEE Codes of Good Practice, which amends and replaces the 'generic' BEE Codes of Good Practice issued in 2007. To talk about the impact of these changes on business is BBBEE specialist Thabo Diseko...

In his state of the city speech on Wednesday, Johannesburg mayor, Herman Mashaba said more than 300 cases of fraud and corruption valued at over 10-billion rand is under investigation. He also announced plans to address many other issues plaguing the city...

This week the National Consumer Tribunal ruled that the club fees charged by Edcon to credit customers was unlawful and contravened the National credit act. Edcon says they are studying the judgement. Jacqueline Peters, Manager of Investigations and enforcement at the National Credit Regulator discusses this further...

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba says that he's satisfied that his engagements with investors at the World Economic Forum have been well received. Janise Johnson Investment head at Vumela Fund and Senior lecturer at WITS School of Economic & Business Sciences Dr Peter Karungu speak to Safm Weekend AM Live about the World Economic Forum which took place this week in Durban...

The Gupta name has been made a household name in the past few years due to allegations of state capture. Author of the book the Republic of Gupta...A story of State Capture says he tried to take a broader perspective to tell the story of the Guptas, from their arrival in South Africa and is A no-holds-barred exposé of the influence of one of South Africa's most powerful business families. We speak...

COSATU's General Secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali, FEDUSA's General Secretary Dennis George, SAFTU's Deputy General Secretary Moleko Phakedi and ILO : Director DR Johny Musabanyana discuss the celebration of Workers days around the globe tomorrow...

Tomorrow the country will commemorate Workers Day. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) will also be using this time to celebrate 30 years. The union will be holding its birthday celebrations in Durban. The union's acting spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi says Durban is significant for them as a union...

Police union, POPCRU's expressed concern about the stand-off between Police Minister, Fikile Mbalula and ousted Hawks head Berning Ntlemeza. The two are embroiled in court battles, after Mbalula supported a high court ruling, ordering Ntlemeza to vacate his post. His lawyer Comfort Ngidi spoke to my colleague, Sakina Kamwendo while the DA's shadow minister of police, Zakhele Mbhele says it will wr...

Agricultural economist, Wandile Sihlobo, tweeted...Let me say it out loud! SOUTH AFRICA IS SWIMMING IN GRAIN. This after, the government this week revised up its production forecast to 14 point 5 million tons,up 85 percent year on year. These figures raised hopes that food prices could be coming down soon.

Nuclear activists say they have saved the South African taxpayers one-trillion-rand after the High Court in Cape Town set aside the government's nuclear deal today, saying it was unconstitutional and unlawful. Earthlife Africa brought the application to stop government's nuclear power deal because it was not first debated in Parliament. The court case was first launched in October 2015. Energy ana...