The Weekend View

As the race for leadership position within the ruling party heats up, the nomination of women has reopened the conversation of whether or not South Africa is ready for a woman president. Opinions abound on the qualities a woman president should embody, bringing up the argument of patriachal dominance, not only within the ruling party but as an entrenched ideology in South Africa. Let's listen to what ANC woman's league president Bathabile Dlamini, on the issue of having a woman president

Renowned government communicator Ronnie Mamoepa has been laid to rest at the Zandfontein Cemetery outside Pretoria. His Special Official Provincial funeral was attended by both President Jacob Zuma and his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa, former president Thabo Mbeki and former Chairperson of the AU Commission Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as well as dozens of cabinet ministers and members from the media profession.

Tyrone Seale, acting spokesperson for deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa on the passing of veteran government spokeperson, Ronnie Mamoepa on Saturday evening at a Pretoria hospital. Mamoepa was a former political prisoner and served as a communications specialist in different tiers of government...

Uber Africa and its drivers are hopeful that the commitment to the National Land Transport Act Amendment bill will end violence against operators. Uber says their drivers have completed steps to apply for operating licenses. They say they have been engaging with different national departments, including that of transport, to come up with a 'cross functional strategy'. Elvis Presslin spoke to Uber's Sub-Saharan Africa General Manager, Alon Lits and Convener of the concerned metre taxi drivers in Gauteng Oupa Skosana...

Department of transport spokesperson, Ishmael Mnisi speaks to Elvis Presslin on the department's stance on the violence between Uber and the metered taxi's. Mnisi also gives his condolences on the passing of Ronnie Mamoepe...

The Moerane Commission investigating political killings in KwaZulu-Natal has adjourned to next month. The commission earlier visited the Glebelands hostel in Umlazi, south of Durban, to see the rival blocks - 52 and block R. Earlier this week, various witnesses told the commission that the hostel is overcrowded and the eThekwini Municipality has no idea how many people live in the hostel. Nonkululeko Hlophe wraps up the week's proceedings with this report and we hear from Professor Paulus Zulu, SALGA chair in KZN, Mluleki Ndobe and KZN Regional Christian Council director, Mxolisi Nyuswa...

ANC MP, Dr Makhosi Khoza refuses to be silenced despite threats by the party's provincial structures to institute disciplinary processes against her. The ANC in KZN says Khoza crossed a line when she called President Jacob Zuma dishonourable and a disgrace. Spokesperson of the ANC in KwaZulu Natal, Mdumiseni Ntuli speaks to Elvis Presslin...

Data released by Statistics South Africa has shown that the number of South Africans getting divorced continues to increase. In this weeks Consumer Conversation we speak to Bertus Preller from Bertus Preller and Associates as we take a look at divorce and the costs involved...

The Trek For Mandela team has successfully conquered the highest point of Mount Kilimanjaro. Twenty-two climbers embarked on this expedition as part of raising funds for the Nelson Mandela Foundation initiatives aimed at assisting young girls with sanitary pads. SABC reporter, Gillian Pillay tells us how difficult the climb was...

The South African Communist Party (SACP) says it's 14th national congress resolution to contest state power is not a breakaway from the ANC led tripartite alliance. The party is however concerned about the alliance in its present form and deeply concerned about its future. SACP First Deputy secretary general, Solly Mapaila and analyst, Terry Bell speak to Elvis Presslin on this and the Lula moment at the 2012 Cosatu congress...