The Weekend View

This Saturday on the show we looked at the new cabinet approved mining charter and progress with regards to women economic empowerment

We started the week with the newly elected COSATU president, Zingiswa Losi, saying she's confident that the Federation will move forward and ensure that workers, especially women, are protected in the workplace. And the other big was on the re-allocation of 45-billion-rand in public spending is at the heart of a new economic recovery plan announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Friday..Political editor at the Mail & Guardian & SABC , political Editor Dumisani Hlophe takes us through the week's top stories...

South Africa has recently seen school based violence escalate to levels of murder of a teacher by a learner, filming of fist fights as well as a learner being stabbed with a pair of scissors. Trade Union SADTU has expressed its concern for the safetey of its teachers whilst School Governing Bodies say its unacceptable that a learner can threaten a teacher when the relationship between the two should be the same as parent and child. Befedile Moerane filed the report for us... And Elvis Presslin caught up with National Association of School Governing Bodies Spokesperson, Matakanye Matakanye & Department of Basic Education Spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga.

Sunday edition of The Weekend View where we looked at the role of black consciousness in modern day politics. Also with the popular slot The Editors

This saturday edition of the Weekend View we spoke about crime statistics and ways to curb crime and also looked at the dwindling number of learners taking accounting as a subject

We started the week with the bad footing. Ratings agency Moody's warning that the South African economy's slide into recession in the second quarter will exacerbate the fiscal and monetary challenges the country is facing. The ratings agency is the last of the "big three" international agencies to put South Africa's long-term foreign-currency debt in investment grade. Kevin Davies, Business editor at the Mail and Guardian had this to say about this and other stories of the week & SABC Acting Assignment Editor Tshepo Phagane

Kenyan authorities have reportedly been conducting a crackdown on illegal immigrants for the past three months due to an upsurge of illegal immigrants and drug trafficking. The Kenyan government have mostly deported migrants with illegal or no work permits as well as those in the country illegally. Human rights group Amnesty International has criticised the move by the Kenyan government saying it lead to Xenophobia. It said Kenya's Immigration Department has even set up a hotline number for citizens to report irregular migrants in their neighbourhoods. We earlier spoke to KBC Channel 1 News Anchor and Reporter, Jacob Kioria about the operation......

The first recession in almost a decade could cost SA its remaining investment-grade rating, with disastrous consequences for the country and consumers who are already under strain from tax increases and near-record petrol prices.Moody's Investor Service on Thursday halved its 2018 growth forecast for the country and said the economic contraction in the first six months of the year was a "credit negative.Growth fell by zero-point-seven per cent in the second quarter, following a two-point-two decline in the first quarter of 2018. The largest contribution to the slowdown in growth came from agriculture. Elvis Presslin caught with University of North West school of Business, Professor Raymond Parsons and started by asking him to explain what is a technical recession.

There was joy and disbelief after almost 40 previously outsourced cleaning staff in Parliament, learned they will become permanent employees. The contract between Parliament and the Bidvest cleaning company ended recently. The workers will now enjoy the same benefits as other Parliamentary employees. Nehawu which has been calling for the insourcing of services in Parliament, has welcomed the move. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent reports

Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba, has reiterated that buildings that are not compliant with safety standards, must be demolished and rebuilt. This follows a blaze that ripped through the Bank of Lisbon building in the Johannesburg CBD on Wednesday. Three fire-fighters died in attempts to extinguish the blaze. The fire, which reignited last night, has been extinguished. There've been concerns about the building - which housed three Gauteng Departments - and its failure to adhere to safety regulations. Elvis Presslin spoke to the Executive mayor of Johannesburg Herman Mashaba...