The Weekend View

Government says anyone younger than 40 will no longer qualify to receive RDP houses.Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says young people need to understand that they are not government's priority in this regard unless they head child households. Spokesperson for the Human Settlements Minister, Ndivhuwo Mabaya says the priority is the elderly...

Head of Brokers at MUA Insurance Acceptances, Warwick Scott Rodger has stressed the importance of consumers knowing the risks of being victims of and implications of buying a cloned vehicle. He addds that this is the is the equivalent of identity theft where syndicates transfer VIN and engine numbers from one car to another in an effort to legitimise the latter....

South Africa is cutting back on consumption spending as total debt approaches 50 percent of gross domestic product, a level the government considers unsustainable. This come out during the Mid-Term Budget presented by Finance Minister, Nhlanhla Nene in Parliament on Wednesday. Tighter fiscal policy at a time when the central bank is raising interest rates to curb inflation may limit economic output and delay efforts to slash a 25.5 percent jobless rate. We spoke to Chief Econominst and Director at Economatrix, Dr Azar Jamine...

Election authorities, the Independent Electoral Commission in Botswana continues to count and finalize votes after polling ended on Friday. We spoke to our reporter in Botswana, Sentleeng Lehihi...

Multiple Grammy Award winning musician and philanthropist, Alicia Keys held a protest in New York to raise awareness about the 200-plus Nigerian schoolgirls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in April. Our producer Sithakazelo Dlamini earlier spoke to her about her reaction to claims of a release agreement between Boko Haram and the Nigerian Army...

As we approach the festive season and with the increase in mall robberies, the issue of comprehensive public liability cover has come to the fore. Last week, saw Cape Town's biggest and busiest shopping centre, Canal Walk also being targeted.We spoke to Underwritting Executive at SHA Specialist Underwriters, Simon Colman what exactly public liability cover is...

Medical NGO, Doctors Without Borders says recent pledges of help and the deployments of personnel to west Africa, have not had any impact on the Ebola epidemic. This as four South African fieldworkers with the organisation return home this week from Sierra Leone and Liberia. Our Producer Sithakazelo Dlamini spoke to Jens Pederson who is part of the field workers that recently returned from West Africa about some of the conditions there...

Learners from Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Limpopo have been taught how to have a healthy body, healthy mind and healthy world. This is part of the Nutriday Schools Programme implemented in 1200 schools and involving one million learners which implements curriculum aligned for grades 1 to 7 educational material . We spoke to Wesley Chetty, Nutriday Brand Manager...

Nigeria's military and presidency claims to have reached a ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram militants which will see the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls. President Goodluck Jonathan's Principal Secretary, Hassan Tukur, confirmed that an agreement to end hostilities has been reached following talks, as well as the release of 219 girls held captive since April. We spoke to The Voice of Nigeria's, Timothy Choji....

First it was South Africa's justice system on trial, with courtroom cameras filming every moment of the Oscar Pistorius proceedings and beaming out a live feed to intense international scrutiny. Now, with the double-amputee sprinter back in court to learn his sentence, South Africa's prison conditions are in the spotlight. We opened the lines and here are some of the comments in the matter...