The Weekend View

The South African Communist Party, SACP, will launch its Red October campaign at City Hall in Johannesburg today. The programme will start at Constitutional Hill, through a Soviet Union Rememberance, from nine 0' clock this morning. Elvis Presslin spoke to SACP's Solly Mapaila

Newly elected DA leader in the Western Cape Bonginkosi Madikizela has called for unity in the party ahead of the 2019 national elections. He says he wants to focus on consolidating the party's support in the province and building strong relationships with farm workers. Madikizela, who is also the Western Cape Human Settlement Minister, beat member of the Provincial Legislature, Lennit Max for the top position. Elvis Presslin spoke to the newly elected DA leader in the Western Cape Bonginkosi Madikizela

The KwaZulu-Natal government is concerned about the increasing number of road fatalities following the death of 24 people in the past five days on the province's roads. Transport MEC Mxolisi Kaunda says they have asked the provincial executive to participate in road safety campaigns to minimize road carnage. Elvis Presslin spoke to Dr Rose Luke, lecturer at the University of Johannesburg's department of transport ans supply chain management..

Students from the University of the Witswatersrand have developed a prosthetic hand using 3D printing. The hand will use brain signals to control movement. This has been described as a groundbreaking invention. Elvis Presslin spoke to WITS engineering lecturer - Abdul-Khaaliq Mohamed who was part of the team and Charl Beukes, Director at Amputee Club of South Africa

Police minister, Fikile Mbalula has conceded that the police service has been infiltrated by criminals. He was addressing residents at Philippi East on the Cape Flats this week following the killing of 18 people last week. Meanwhile, Mbalula says action will be taken against the police officer who prioritized sorting out her DStv account instead of helping a member of the public after a video went viral showing the police officer using her work phone to make a call to sort out her disconnected MultiChoice accounts. The video, was shot at the Buccleuch satellite station. The police minister has launched a social media campaign #mypolicestation has has urged the public to report service delivery issues at police station. Elvis Presslin spoke to Police Ministry Spokesperson Vuyo Mhaga

Many critics are saying opposition parties are failing to win over the voters despite the ANC riddled with internal fighting. Many have attributed this to the fact that opposition parties do not appear to offer anything different from what the ANC is offering presently. Even though the opposition have grown in the past local elections, analyst's say many people would rather choose not to vote for the ANC than to vote for other parties. Elvis Presslin spoke to Professor Mcebisi Ndletyana, a Professor of Politics at the University of Johannesburg

As a freelance worker, work and life can be challenging, not knowning where the next income will come from and how much it will be. On this week's Consumer Conversation we take a look at financial planning for freelance and contract workers. Elvis Presslin spoke to Eunice Sibiya, Head of Consumer Education at FNB

Police minister, Fikile Mbalula has conceded that the police service has been infiltrated by criminals. He was addressing residents at Philippi East on the Cape Flats this week following the killing of 18 people last week. Meanwhile, Mbalula says action will be taken against the police officer who prioritized sorting out her DStv account instead of helping a member of the public after a video went viral showing the police officer using her work phone to make a call to sort out her disconnected MultiChoice accounts. The video, was shot at the Buccleuch satellite station. The police minister has launched a social media campaign #mypolicestation has has urged the public to report service delivery issues at police station. Elvis Presslin spoke to Police union, POPCRU's spokesperson, Richard Mamabolo and IPID spokesperson Moses Dlamini

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has urged all government departments and its entities to review all work done by KPMG to ensure the audit processes have not been compromised saying this is a measure to restore confidence in audits. Duke Mpapele and Dr Iraj Abedian chat to Bongi Gwala about the KPMG saga

Basic Education department spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga, Basil Manuel, spokesperson for NAPTOSA and CEO of The Federation of Governing Bodies of South African Schools, Paul Colditz discuss the issue of physical and sexual abuse in schools across the country...