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Daily briefing

Monday, 25 May 2026

The day across South African talk radio, cited to the broadcast minute.

locl.co.za / briefing / 2026-05-25

Daily briefing

Monday, 25 May 2026

The day across South African talk radio, cited to the broadcast minute.

Afternoon edition

Afternoon editionCovers Mon, 25 May 05:00 → 15:30 SAST

Afternoon edition · 5-minute listen

Africa Day framed the day's talk radio, but the celebration was overshadowed by anti-migrant tensions, with ambassadors reportedly boycotting official events and the security cluster convening an urgent meeting. Sport dominated mood across both stations after Mamelodi Sundowns lifted a second CAF Champions League and Orlando Pirates ended a 14-year league drought. Hard-news threads included Brown Mkhwanazi's bail bid, the Kruger tourist murders, and questions over the SAPS legal services head's credentials.

  1. Anti-migrant protests force urgent security cluster meeting on Africa Day

    Stations led on the justice, crime prevention and security cluster convening at the Union Buildings to confront the wave of anti-illegal migration protests by groups like March and March. The SA Human Rights Commission called an urgent virtual imbizo, while Ghana's High Commission began processing nationals wanting to return home and African ambassadors signalled they would boycott the official Africa Day celebrations in the North West, citing safety fears. Hosts wrestled with the contradiction of celebrating continental unity while afrophobia rises, and callers pushed back hard against the xenophobia label, insisting their grievance is with undocumented migration and weak border control.

    Heard on 702 · 05:01 SASTAsk locl about this: Anti-migrant protests force urgent security cluster meeting on Africa Day, heard on 702

  2. Sundowns crowned African champions, Pirates end 14-year league drought

    Talk radio was awash with football celebration after Mamelodi Sundowns drew 1-1 with AS FAR in Rabat to win the CAF Champions League 2-1 on aggregate, their second star in a decade, while Orlando Pirates clinched the Betway Premiership on Saturday after beating Orbit College, who scored two own goals. Coach Miguel Cardoso praised his players' belief after a brutal 50-match season and took another swipe at PSL scheduling, while Pirates' Abdeslam Ouaddou hinted he may not stay on. Hosts, callers and even Kaizer Chiefs fans congratulated both clubs, framing it as a win for South African football heading into the World Cup.

    Heard on 702 · 05:38 SASTAsk locl about this: Sundowns crowned African champions, Pirates end 14-year league drought, heard on 702

  3. Brown Mkhwanazi bail bid and first Madlanga-linked arrest

    Stations tracked alleged political fixer Brown Mkhwanazi's formal bail application in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on charges including perjury, defeating the ends of justice and unlawful possession of a firearm, all linked to what the state says was a staged 2024 Vosloorus assassination attempt, with the firearm tied to other violent crimes. His lawyer Macau Sakhaja insisted no firearm was found on him. Separately, a SAPS forensic science captain became the first official arrested directly off Madlanga Commission testimony, with ballistics reports and ammunition seized at his home, signalling the task team is moving in real time while the commission is on recess until 1 June.

    Heard on 702 · 08:32 SASTAsk locl about this: Brown Mkhwanazi bail bid and first Madlanga-linked arrest, heard on 702

  4. Tourists murdered in Kruger expose park security gaps

    The killing of two tourists, a man and a woman whose stabbed bodies were found near a river in the Pafuri section of Kruger National Park bordering Zimbabwe and Mozambique, dominated safety coverage. SANParks spokesperson JP Louw said additional rangers, monitoring resources and surveillance technology were being deployed, and the body would assist with repatriation, while Limpopo police under Commissioner Thembi Hadebe launched a manhunt for the suspects who also took the victims' green Ford Ranger. Listeners questioned why a paid-for national park lacked basic perimeter security like electric fencing and cameras, demanding SANParks account for the breach rather than simply react after the fact.

    Heard on 702 · 08:03 SASTAsk locl about this: Tourists murdered in Kruger expose park security gaps, heard on 702

  5. University of the Free State scraps AI detection software

    In a notable lifestyle and education conversation, UFS senior director Professor Francois Strydom told 702 the university will discontinue AI detection tools like Turnitin's AI detector across all faculties from July, arguing the software is unreliable and biased against second-language English speakers, who make up 93% of their students. Instead, UFS is training all first-years in ethical AI use, warning about cognitive deficits from over-reliance, and redesigning assessments using an AI Assessment Scale that includes sit-down exams and oral defences. The shift, following UCT's lead, sparked debate among listeners and lecturers about whether AI is a tool to enhance thinking or a shortcut that ultimately cheats the student themselves.

    Heard on Power FM · 07:14 SASTAsk locl about this: University of the Free State scraps AI detection software, heard on Power FM

Morning edition

Morning editionCovers Sun, 24 May 05:00 → Mon, 25 May 05:00 SAST

Morning edition · 5-minute listen

Talk radio this 24-hour cycle was dominated by the fallout from Orlando Pirates ending Mamelodi Sundowns' eight-year league reign — a story that bled into politics, identity and on-air banter across both stations. Hard news was led by the brutal murder of two tourists inside the Kruger National Park and rising tensions around anti-immigration marches, with African ambassadors reportedly snubbing the country's Africa Day event. Quieter but striking was a thoughtful psychology hour on whether South Africans are losing the simple art of greeting each other.

  1. Two tourists murdered inside the Kruger National Park

    Both stations led the morning with the discovery of two tourists, reportedly a couple in their 70s, stabbed to death in the Pafuri section of the Kruger National Park, their vehicle hijacked. Limpopo's provincial commissioner mobilised a special team, and Minister Dion George called it unprecedented in the park's history. 702 framed it alongside earlier tourist killings outside the park and warned of the reputational damage to SA tourism, while Power's news bulletins emphasised the manhunt and the stab wounds inflicted with a sharp object. Cases of murder and hijacking have been opened.

    Heard on Power FM · 08:30 SASTAsk locl about this: Two tourists murdered inside the Kruger National Park, heard on Power FM

  2. Anti-immigration marches escalate as ambassadors snub Africa Day

    March and March demonstrators took to Bellville demanding tougher enforcement against undocumented migrants, with leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma rejecting the xenophobia label. Police confirmed they are preparing for a rumoured 30 June nationwide push. The story sharpened when 702 revealed African ambassadors plan to boycott tomorrow's official Africa Day event in the North West, citing safety fears for their nationals. Ghana is repatriating around 800 citizens from Wednesday, and Dr Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi warned on Power that scapegoating fellow Africans won't build factories or jobs, urging leaders to separate legitimate migration management from afrophobic rhetoric.

    Heard on Power FM · 06:45 SASTAsk locl about this: Anti-immigration marches escalate as ambassadors snub Africa Day, heard on Power FM

  3. Orlando Pirates end Sundowns' eight-year league reign

    Pirates' 2-0 win over relegated Orbit College — featuring two own goals that sparked endless 'brown envelope' jokes on Power Weekend Breakfast — handed them the Betway Premiership, completing a domestic treble alongside the MTN8 and Carling Knockout. Callers flooded both stations: Pirates faithful celebrated their first title in 14 years while Chiefs and Sundowns fans grumbled, with one listener even asking coach Abdeslam Ouaddou to stop speaking for 'all Sowetans'. Goalkeeper Sipho Chaine notched a record 21 clean sheets. Attention now shifts to Sundowns' CAF Champions League final second leg against AS FAR in Rabat tonight.

    Heard on 702 · 07:58 SASTAsk locl about this: Orlando Pirates end Sundowns' eight-year league reign, heard on 702

  4. Sue Nyathi's 'The Polygamist' becomes a Netflix supernovela

    Bestselling author Sue Nyathi spent the profile hour on 702 unpacking how her 2012 self-published novel has been adapted by Stained Glass Productions into a 22-episode Netflix series dropping 12 June, with Kenneth Nkosi, Dawn Thandeka King and Gugu Gumede in the cast. The action shifts from Zimbabwe to Soweto and reframes Joyce as a social-media socialite. Sue spoke candidly about leaving investment analysis for writing, the loneliness of the craft, rejection, and why she had to learn to market herself — a window into the precarious economics of being a fiction writer in South Africa.

    Heard on 702 · 08:14 SASTAsk locl about this: Sue Nyathi's 'The Polygamist' becomes a Netflix supernovela, heard on 702

  5. Are South Africans losing the art of greeting each other?

    Dr Khosi Jiyane joined 702's psychological wellness slot to argue that the simple hello is no small thing — it is a hormonal signal of safety, an enactment of umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu, and increasingly under threat from earphones, screens and urban suspicion. Listeners weighed in with stories of friends who refuse to respond, of being accused of 'proposing' just by saying sawubona, and of a Swedish bus driver reportedly reported to police for being too cheerful. Jiyane reframed greeting as a namaste consciousness: 'that in me honours the same in you' — a quietly radical antidote to a disconnected age.

    Heard on 702 · 09:15 SASTAsk locl about this: Are South Africans losing the art of greeting each other?, heard on 702

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