The Weekend View

The Weekend View

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The Weekend View episodes

  • TRIBUTES CONTINUE TO POUR IN FOR LEGENDARY JAZZ MUSICIAN AND STRUGGLE STALWART JONAS GWANGWA
    Tributes continue to pour in for legendary jazz musician, and struggle stalwart Jonas Gwangwa. He died in Pretoria at the age of 83.The internationally revered jazz artist, composer and musical director has enthralled audiences around the world with his artistry for over 30 years.Gwangwa used his music to communicate what was happening in South Africa during the struggle against apartheid.President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed his condolences to Gwangwa's family, friends and colleagues in a statement. For more Udo Carelse spoke to Saxophonist Steve Dyer who helped Jonas Gwangwa to form the band "shakawe"in Botswana ....
    7 min
  • PIETERMARITZBURG'S HIGH COURT DISMISSES APPLICATION BY FRENCH ARMS COMPANY,THALES
    INTRO:The NPA has welcomed the Pietermaritzburg's high court ruling dismissing an application by the French arms company Thales in which the company was challenging the racketeering charge against it. The case emanates from the alleged fraud and corruption in the procurement of arms and weapons allegedly involving former President Jacob Zuma and Thales. Vusi Makhosini reports….
    2 min
  • FORMER POLICE SERGEANT WHO SAW NEIL AGGETT, JUST HOURS BEFORE HE DIED, SAYS THAT SHE COULDN'T PROTECT HIM
    A former police sergeant who saw anti-apartheid activist, Neil Aggett, just hours before he died, says that she couldn't protect him because those accused of his assault and torture had been her seniors. Aletta Visser had been appointed to investigate complaints against her colleagues at the then John Vorster Square police station in Johannesburg. She had obtained a statement from Aggett on the morning of the 4th of February 1982. Later that night, he was found hanging in his cell. The apartheid security police claimed he had committed suicide, but Aggett's family believes he was murdered. Visser has been testifying at the inquest into Aggett's death that's being conducted virtually. Wisani Makhubele reports....
    4 min
  • POLITICAL ANALYST ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE ANC AND ZANUPF
    There seems to be an on going fight between two of the oldest lebaration movements and ruling political parties in Southern African . Zanu-PF national spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo has described Zimbabwe's ruling party's outspoken director of information Tafadzwa Mugwadi as "mischievous" after Mugwadi threatened to leak a bombshell about the ANC's recent trip to Zimbabwe. Khaya Moyo said Mugwadi's insinuations that there was a hidden agenda by the ANC senior leadership when they went to Harare last year did not reflect the views of Zanu-PF. Meanwhile, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has invited Mugwadi to reveal his threatened "bombshell" regarding the ANC trip. For more Udo Carelse spoke to political analyst, Alexandra Rusero from Zimbabwe
    10 min

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