Former prisoner Peter-Paul Ngwenya talks about the various committees which were formed (sometimes comically) to present democracy in the Robben Island prison.

Reverend Gift Moerane says expensive funerals are unnecessary and promote corruption in the undertaker business.

Retired Lecturer and Cultural Expert Ndela Ntshangase says expensive funerals came with modernisation.

Selected news and current affairs clips from SABC radio and digital journalists, used on the SABC News website (www.sabcnews.com).

Selected news and current affairs clips from SABC radio and digital journalists, used on the SABC News website (www.sabcnews.com).

Selected news and current affairs clips from SABC radio and digital journalists, used on the SABC News website (www.sabcnews.com).

Bafana Khumalo - the co-founder of Human Rights organisation, Sonke Gender Justice will be honoured alongside US Vice President Joe Biden at a ceremony in New York.

Audit Firm KPMG Consultant Laura Brooks says gender base violence costs South Africa 1.3% of GDP annually.

Independent Researcher Lisa Vetton says the private sector needs to play a more effective role in the fight against gender based violence.

Selected news and current affairs clips from SABC radio and digital journalists, used on the SABC News website (www.sabcnews.com).