The Weekend View

Bullying in South African schools has tripled in the past year. A teachers' union says learners are becoming violent, and also carry weapons and drugs to school. The most recent case of bullying was reported in Gauteng last week. A grade 5 pupil was admitted to the ICU after he was choked by a grade 6 learner. We spoke to Director of Safety in Schools at the Department of Education, Doctor Charles Wilson and Ulrich Roux, a director at BDK Attorneys...

Huhudi cemetery in Vryburg in North West was a hive of activity as dignitaries such as chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and liberation struggle leader Sophie de Bruin, laid the late Dr. Ruth Mompati to rest. Among those who attended a closed burial service of the late iconic figure was President Jacob Zuma who handed over the country's national flag to Mompati's niece, Cindy Ngaba. The SA National Defense force also performed their military honourers in paying tribute to the late ANC struggle veteran and South Africa's freedom fighter. We spoke to SABC reporter Chriselda Lewis...

Organisations that deal with bullied learners have disagreed with the call by the South African Democratic Teacher's Union (SADTU) to place children who bully others in specialised schools. We spoke to Heather Hanson, life coach and owner of Teenworx...

Three judges have been shot dead in the Sinai just hours Egypt's first democratically elected President, Mohammad Morzi was sentenced to death by a court in Cairo. According to the UK's Independent, police say the judges were attacked while travelling in a car together in the city of al-Arish, Sinai. A fourth person and at least three others were reportedly injured in the assault as well. Morzi's punishment is for his role in a prison breakout during the Arab Spring uprising that toppled his predecessor Hosni Mubarak. We spoke to Director of the Afro-Middle East Centre in Johannesburg, Naeem Jeenah

On the Editors this morning we speak to Walmdimar Pelser, editor at Rapport, Mpumelelo Mkhabela, editor at the SOWETAN and Mahlatse Gallens, SABC Deputy political editor who gives us their top stories

Professor Anton Van Niekerk talking about the ethics regarding the court ruling on assisted-suicide

Director of BDLS Attorney's talking to Elvis Presslin about the legal issues surrounding assisted-suicide

Gift of the Givers founder, Imtiaz Suleman says the organisation will send a team to assist the government of Nepal in the devastation following the 7.9 magnitude earthquake. He tells Elvis Presslin what his reaction was when he heard about it...

Kevin Lovell the South African Poultry Association's Executive Director speaks to Elvis Presslin on the issue of AGOA and negotiations that are currently underway between the US and SA

Survivors from a boat that capsized in Greece have been reliving the moments when their boat capsized and we spoke to assistant professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota and research fellow at the University of Pretoria, Dr Cawo M Abdi on her objections to the use of the term xenophobia in reference to the latest violence against migrants in South Africa and the challenges faced by migrants all over the world...