The Weekend View

Australia and South Africa will battle on two fronts TODAY with the Proteas playing the second One Day International of the three-match series. The match will be in MacKay in Queensland. And after a week of licking their wounds, defending Rugby Championship kings, South Africa, will TODAY take on Australia in the second round of the showdown in Cape Town. The Springboks are desperate to turn the tables and prove that they are still the top rugby nation in the world and that last Saturday was merely a bad day at the office. The Wallabies shocked the Springboks at Ellis Park last weekend, recording their first win there since 1963. Bongiwe Zwane spoke to SABC sports reporter Simon Burke 

Australia came back from 22- nil  to win in a stunning 38-22 bonus-point victory over South Africa in their Rugby Championship opener YESTERDAY, the Wallabies' first victory at Ellis Park since 1963. The Springboks led 22-5 at halftime but Australia came alive in the second half and were excellent in soaking up pressure and hitting the world champions with fast breaks as they won on South African soil for the first time in 14 years.
Meanwhile Ultimate Fighting Championship - UFC - middleweight world champion Dricus du Plessis is about to battle his tough opponent when he defends his title against Khamzat Chimaev in the main event of UFC 319 in the United States THIS MORNING. South Africa's Du Plessis goes into the ring in Chicago as the underdog against the undefeated Chechnya born Chimaev. For more Bongiwe Zwane spoke to  SABC sports reporter Simon Burke 

Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Political Analyst, Professor, Lesiba Teffo, Her Royal Highness, Queen Rebecca Como of The Nama Royal House and Lerato Ngobeni, MP and observer at the National Convention

The inquest into the 1 May 1993 Highgate Hotel Massacre will resume TOMORROW, 
at the Special Tribunal in East London. This follows two earlier sittings in January and March this 
year and marks another critical step in the long-delayed effort to uncover the truth behind the 
attack, which claimed five lives and left seven others injured. Although the Highgate Hotel Massacre was widely attributed to the Azanian People's Liberation Army - APLA , no amnesty applications were ever filed, and recent testimonies have cast serious doubt on the official narrative. To tell us more Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Sesethu Holomisa, Project Officer at the Foundation for Human Rights 

On FRIDAY , Seven prominent legacy foundations  proposed that the first National Convention, scheduled to be held next weekend from the 15th to the 17 of August , must BE postponed. The Steve Biko Foundation; Thabo Mbeki Foundation; Chief Albert Luthuli Foundation; Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation; FW de Klerk Foundation; Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation and the Strategic Dialogue withdrew their participation citing that core principles meant to underpin the whole National Dialogue have been violated in the rush to host the gathering. They added that the National Dialogue must be credible, principled, and anchored in public trust. The decision has cast a dark cloud on the much anticipated dialogue. Meanwhile , President Cyril Ramaphosa says there's nothing to worry about and that there's nothing political or untoward about the decision. 

To unpack this further Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Prof. Bheki Mngomezulu, Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy (CANRAD) at Nelson Mandela University and Dr. Nkosikhulule Nyembezi, Policy Analyst and mediator Researcher at Election Monitoring Network 

In the 90 minutes of an average football match, as many as 11 people in Africa drown – and often no one will hear a sound. That's effectively a whole team lost every game. Drowning is a silent epidemic in Africa and according to the World Health Organisation, an estimated 66,000 lives are lost across the continent each year. It is against this background that the National Sea Rescue Institute - NSRI - will TODAY broadcast a drowning prevention reminder on London's Wembley stadium's LED boards during the FA Community Shield Premier League championship match. To tell us more Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Andrew Ingram,  NSRI Drowning Prevention Manager...

President Cyril Ramaphosa will TODAY lead the National Women's Day Commemoration at the Nkowankowa Stadium in Tzaneen, Limpopo Province. Women's Month 2025 marks the 69th anniversary of the historic 1956 demonstration in which 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August to protest against the extension of pass laws and the Urban Areas Act. President Ramaphosa will address the commemoration  under the theme "Building Resilient Economies for All". Bongiwe Zwane spoke to our reporter Koketso Motau