The Weekend View

According to reports, South Africa is ranked as one of the world's 10 least attractive mining destinations. The 2022 Mining Indaba begins in Cape Town tomorrow  and will run till Thursday. This year's theme is Evolution of African Mining: Investing in the Energy Transition, ESG and the Economies. Various African heads of states including President Cyril Ramaphosa and other mining professionals are gathering to exchange ideas. We speak to Dineo Peta, Founder of Peta Attorneys, She is in Cape Town to give us a preview of this year's mining indaba...

Do you have problems putting down your cell phone or feel anxious when you know you'll lose connection for a few hours? Do thoughts of being without your phone cause distress?  You could be one of millions of people who suffer from Nomophobia; an extreme fear of not having your phone or not being able to use it.

Nomophobia is short for  "No Mobile Phone Phobia" and it is so severe in some people that it affects their daily life. Dr Marlena Kruger, a digital wellness coach and  founder of the TechnolifeWise Foundation tells us more

Some District 6 families who were forcefully removed from the historic township can now finally return to their ancestral land. Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza will on Monday be giving some family members keys to their new homes. Didiza says this is a clear indication by all three spheres of government our commitment to restore the dignity of the people of District 6", she has also apologised for the delays in completing this project. The houses will be dispatched in phases; On Monday the 9th and 16th of May 2022, 42 beneficiaries will receive their keys, while the other 46 will receive their keys on the 20th of May 2022.  83 year old Mavis Alexander has been on the waiting list for her home for 24 years, she is delighted to be going back to District 6. We spoke to her son Jeff Alexander.

Mangaung Metro Municipality on the spotlight.

In conversation with Founder and Director of Step Up News Christopher Choane, Mangaung Concerned Residents Spokesperson, Themba Zweni and Cogta MEC in the Free State Mxolisi Dukwana.

Concerned residents say the Mangaung Metro leadership is greedy and accountability is non existent. 

South African Red Cross Society in KZN says those who need funding assistance to rebuild their homes or for other basic needs following the KZN floods can contact:

Siyabonga Hlatswayo:  031 563 2914 or 076 223 8425

The South African National Blood Service is calling on all South Africans that are willing and able to please come forward and donate a unit of blood. The service is sitting on 2.7 days of stock  following the Easter long weekend. We spoke to  South African National Blood Service spokesperson, Khensani Mahlangu.....

South Africa's National Defence Force has so far deployed only 500 of the 10 000 troops earmarked for emergency, relief and reconstruction operations in flood-stricken KwaZulu-Natal. Joint civilian and military search teams were this week still recovering bodies from the debris more than a week after the disaster struck. There have been claims that deep and serious SANDF budget cuts are delaying water relief for desperate KZN flood victims. We spoke to SANDF spokesperson, Brigadier General Andres Mahapa ......

Relief efforts for flood-stricken KwaZulu-Natal residents are also being stepped up with the help of ordinary citizens and humanitarian organisations. Among them is South Africa's Red Cross Society whose KZN provincial manager, Siyabonga Hlatswayo

Following the suspension of the COVID 19 emergency, companies across South Africa are now rapidly demanding a return to work of all employees. While corporate leaders might consider it their prerogative to get all hands physically back on deck at the office again, a leadership expert is cautioning that they should be aware of the consequences of a top-down, inflexible approach. Advaita Naidoo, MD with Africa at Jack Hammer Global is concerned that enforcing return-to-work ultimatums could result in a company not only losing good employees and developing a resentful, toxic workplace, but also in failing to attract quality talent down the line. 

Deputy City Manager for Economic Development and Planning in the eThekwini Metro, Phillip Sithole and  Spokesperson for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in Kwazulu-Natal, Senzelwe Mzila