The Weekend View

Traffic officers have been increased to ensure the rules of the road are not infringed during this Easter period. The Road Traffic Management Corporation says undercover officers have also been deployed to deal with bribery and corruption and to further assist in the decrease in road deaths. We spoke to RTMC spokesperson, Simon Zwane, our reporter at Moria, Limpopo, Witness Tiva, Riaan Coetzee, CEO of Fortis Pro Active Defence Solutions, our reporter in the Eastern Cape, Camagwini Mavovana and KZN Traffic spokesperson, Kwanele Ncalane...

The National Consumer Commission has urged consumers to be vigilant of improperly labelled food products during this year's commemoration of World Consumer Rights Day. Established in 1983, the say seeks to promote the basic rights of consumers everywhere and uniting the global consumer movement. According to the NCC, labeling is increasingly becoming a sore area as the range and quantities of imports into the country increases. We caught up with NCC Deputy Commissioner, Thezi Mabuza...

Today on the Editors with SABC dep Political Editor-Mahlatse Gallens, Sowetan Editor- Mpumelelo Mkhabela and Times Group Editor- Dominic Mahlangu

Calls for an investigation into the alleged influence of the Gupta family on the executive are growing louder - with the Public Protector now assessing if she must conduct an investigation. The request for Thuli Mandonsela to probe the matter - comes from the Dominican Order - representing catholic priests. ANC veterans have also joined the debate - saying they are extremely concerned. All this comes as the ANC's highest decision making body. We spoke to Former Constitutional Law Professor at Unisa, Professor Marius Wiekers, director at the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, Neeshan Balton, Senior Manager for Communication at the Public Protector's office, Oupa Segalwe

We engaged Editor of the Africa Independent, Jovial Rantao; SABC Foreign Desk Editor & Acting Political Editor,Sophie Mokoena; Editor of Netwerk24, Adriaan Bason on the top stories of the week that was and the week ahead...

Ahmed Sule, photojournalist and social critic and Contributor for Media Diversified - a London based NGO concerned with diversifying media landscape spoke to Elvis Presslin on the media coverage of Maria Sharapova who tested positive for using the banned meldonium drug during the 2016 Australian Open...

In our Consumer conversation this week we focus on the South Africa Banking Risk Information Centre's warning that consumers need to maintain vigilance despite banks implementing new technologies to fight bank related fraud. Elvis Presslin spoke to CEO of South Africa Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric), Kalyani Pillay...

On our consumer slot this week we focused on a request by the South African Poultry Association which has appealed to parliament to recommend that treasury remove value added tax on two kilogram bags of frozen chicken pieces. The association says due to the drought the price of maize which is used as the feed for poultry has increased and as a result the knock on effect means a greater burden on consumers who are already tightening their belts. We spoke to CEO of the South African Poultry Association, Kevin Lovell

A senior Vatican cardinal has admitted that the Roman Catholic Church erred in attempting to cover up cases of sexual abuse by clergymen in the 1970s. This was heard during the testimony of Vatican finance chief, Cardinal George Pell this week via a video link from Rome to Australia's royal commission on institutional responses to child sexual abuse. Cardinal Pell added he did not know whether paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale's offenses were common knowledge in the parish of Inglewood. We spoke to journalist with the Guardian's beaurau in Melbourne Australia, Melissa Davey, Professor, Jennifer Slater, a professor of theological ethics at the University of South Africa and Grizelda Gootboom who is a survivor of sexual abuse in the church....

This week on the Editors we engaged Executive Producer for SAFM current affairs, Krivani Pillay, Piet Rampedi, Sunday Times Investigation Desk and Editor of The Star Newspaper, Kevin Ritchie on the top stories of the past week and the ahead...