The Weekend View

About only 28.8%% of young people between the ages of 18 and 34 have vaccinated against Covid-19. The "KeReady" Campaign Vax Squad in conjunction with the Health Department have embarked on an initiative to get more young people fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The Vax Squad says there has been some sort of hesitancy amongst young people when it came to Covid-19 vaccination

The City of Johannesburg is hard at work cutting off the utilities to businesses, citizens and government buildings that have electricity debt. The city has come up with a debt collecting campaign coined "Buya Mthetho". It is reported that umthetho uya buya as the campaign is yielding positive results. Government departments which owed the City money are starting to pay their debt. The City embarked on the campaign last week to try and recoup 38 billion rand in unpaid rates, taxes and levies. 

The search has begun for the country top cop after  President Cyril Ramaphosa fired Police Commissioner Kehla Sitole on Friday in what he said was a mutual agreement for him to go. Our Political Correspondent Ntebo Mokobo looks at the rocky path Sithole has to travel at the helm of the South African Police Services

President Cyril Ramaphosa says more engagement is required from the United Nations Security Council over the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Dozens of people have reportedly been killed - amid Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea since yesterday. Delivering the keynote address - at the Intergovernmental National Litigation Forum meeting, in Pretoria - Ramaphosa reiterated that the conflict could be resolved through peaceful engagements

Russia has vetoed a U.N. Security Council that sought to deplore its war against Ukraine and press Moscow to unreservedly and unconditionally remove its troops from that country. 11 Council members led by co-authors of the draft - the United States and Albania - voted in favour of the text which drew three abstentions from China, India and the United Arab Emirates.

Some opposition parties have made their voices heard following the sacking of National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The Freedom Front Plus, COPE and the African Transformation Movement have expressed mixed views. There is also a call on Police Minister Bheki Cele to be fired.  The  tension between Sitole and  Cele follows the July 2021 unrest that gripped Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal and left about 350 people dead.

The City of Tshwane has reportedly collected up to R500 million in revenue since the beginning of this week as part of its aggressive disconnection of services of those whose accounts are in arrears. Tshwane says it will continue its aggressive campaign until it makes a significant dent on the R17 billion debt owed by customers. Some defaulters include Capital Hotel, Gautrain, Gauteng Government, Lodge Ronda amongst others.

President Ramaphosa has told SABC News he thinks progress has been made toward lifting COVID-19 vaccine patent rights after two days of talks in Brussels. The President travelled to the EU capital for a landmark summit between the European and African Unions, bringing together dozens of world leaders. Our correspondent Rosie Birchard was at the summit and spoke to the President after talks wrapped up. She started by asking him about the thorny issue of vaccine production, one over which the EU and South Africa have major differences.

The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) conducted a survey to determine the prevalence of 'COVID antibodies and to probe the extent of SARS-CoV-2 infection at the population level. The SANBS says a rough extrapolation to account for the first omicron wave, which has come and gone since this data was collected, suggests that about 90% of black donors have thus far been infected by SARS-CoV-2, and that the 'attack rate' is about half that among white donors

Most crime statistics have shown a decrease in the third quarter of the 2021 and 2022 financial year. This is according to the latest figures released by the police top brass. Only murder and attempted murder have increased during that period. Briefing the portfolio committee on police - police minister Bheki Cele has urged the community to help the police by not pressurising victims to withdraw cases.