The Weekend View

A number of countries have issued travel warnings discouraging tourists from visiting certain areas in South Africa following the outbreak of the Xenophobic violence. The countries include China, the United Kingdom, Australia and Zambia. This comes as South African Tourism is preparing to host Africa's largest travel trade show- the Travel Indaba- next month. We spoke to CEO of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa, Mmatšatši Ramawela on the impact of the recent xenophobic attack on the tourism industry....

The Ombudsman for Banking Services, Clive Pillay says negligence on the part of consumers can be blamed for the high numbers of complaints relating to ATM fraud. According to an annual report by his office, these complaints account for 44% of all cases received by the ombud. It also found that the majority of rullings in such cases are in favour of banks. We earlier spoke to the Banking ombudsman, Clive Pillay...

he South African Police Service (SAPS) has been on the spotlight in Parliament as it appeared before the Portfolio Committee to brief it on their expected budget for the year 2015/16. Last week the Committee criticised the National Police Commissioner, Riah Phiyega for disrespecting the committee and decided not to approve the SAPS budget. Meanwhile, Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko could face questions from MPs in the next two weeks, to answer questions on the suspension of the head of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid), Robert McBride. We spoke to Chairperson of the portfolio Committee on Police, Mr Francois Beukman and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Police Practice at the School of Criminal Justice - Collage of Law at Unisa, Moses Montesh...

Primary health care and setting up hospitals were some of the issues which were discussed at the 19th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. This event is held once every two years but this is the first time in its history that it is being held on the African Continent. Gift of the Givers is one of four international invited guests. We spoke to Dr Imitiaz Sooliman from the Gift of the Givers...

The issue of migration control has been thrust into the spotlight this month following the outbreak of the xenophobic attacks in South Africa. But migration control is not an issue that is unique to South Africa, Africans have over the years become more and more inclined to migrate to other countries. Most notably with the thousands of migrants who risk their lives each day in an effort to cross the Mediterranean Sea in search for a better life in Europe. We spoke to the Spokesperson for the International Organisation for Migration in Geneva, Itayi Viriri

The South African Wireless Access Service Providers Association (waspa) has warned consumers to be more vigilant regarding mobile airtime credits that seem to vanish as these could be due to unknown premium subscriptions on the number. We caught up IT consultant and Mobile Application developer, Liron Segev....

We engaged the Senior External Relations Officer at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Tina Ghelli and Africa Diaspora Forum's Marc Gbaffou on some of the challenges faced by migrants in South Africa in the wake of the recent xenophobic violence....

Nabuwiya Malik, spokesperson Muslim Judicial Council says parents of young children should monitor their children's online activity continuously...

Craig Rosewarne, Managing Director of Wolf Pack Risk gives parents some tips on how to monitor their children's online activity...

Africa's most populous and oil-rich country goes to the polls today. The election looks to be the tightest in the 16 years since military rule ended in Nigeria and it appears likely that the contest between President Goodluck Jonathan and former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari could devolve into violence. We earlier spoke to SABC Foreign Desk Editor, Sophie Mokoenain Abuja, Nigeria....