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Daily briefing

Tuesday, 29 September 2026

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

locl.co.za / briefing / 2026-09-29

Daily briefing

Tuesday, 29 September 2026

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

Afternoon edition

Afternoon editionCovers Tue, 29 Sept 05:00 → 15:30 SAST

Afternoon edition · 5-minute listen

Gender-based violence dominated the day's talk radio, with the suspended deputy national police commissioner's bail hearing colliding with Ramaphosa's national address on femicide and fresh horror over weekend mass shootings. The Madlanga Commission's grilling of Mpumalanga taxi boss Joe Sibanyoni ran as a parallel spine across news bulletins, while lifestyle and business coverage stretched from Spar's boardroom troubles to a Pretoria memorial for Rev DC Marivate.

  1. Sibiya bail bid postponed as rape and grooming charges shock SAPS

    The suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya's bail application dominated bulletins across 702, SAfm, Power FM and Cape Talk after being postponed to Thursday in the Randburg Magistrates' Court. Sibiya faces five charges including rape, human trafficking, sexual grooming of a 16-year-old and promoting sexual grooming, with the state alleging he exchanged explicit WhatsApp material involving the daughter of a close associate. Through advocate Estelle Kilian, Sibiya denied the allegations, called the charges politically motivated and asked for urgent release on medical grounds, claiming the case is aimed at ousting him from SAPS.

    Heard on Cape Talk · 15:02 SASTAsk locl about this: Sibiya bail bid postponed as rape and grooming charges shock SAPS, heard on Cape Talk

  2. Ramaphosa to address the nation as GBV declared a stain on the conscience

    Every station carried the build-up to President Ramaphosa's evening address on gender-based violence, framed by the discovery of 13 women's bodies in Ekurhuleni since July and weekend tavern shootings that killed 28 people, including a pregnant woman. The National Assembly held a marathon debate at the DA's request, while Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni told Cabinet's post-meeting briefing that four suspects had been arrested in three of the Ekurhuleni murders. Commentators questioned why declaring GBV a national disaster last year has not shifted outcomes, and pointed to families and communities choosing silence.

    Heard on Power FM · 14:01 SASTAsk locl about this: Ramaphosa to address the nation as GBV declared a stain on the conscience, heard on Power FM

  3. Joe Sibanyoni grilled at Madlanga Commission over Ndoli protection fee claims

    The Madlanga Commission's cross-examination of Mpumalanga taxi boss Joe Sibanyoni ran through the day on 702 and SAfm, with evidence leader Advocate Matthew Chaskalson probing WhatsApp exchanges suggesting Sibanyoni and co-accused demanded a protection fee from mining businessman Dr Thumeka Ndoli to operate at Guajafontein. Sibanyoni took issue with questions linking him to organised crime and a multi-million rand Mpumalanga tender extortion case for which he faces criminal charges, insisting his role was a legitimate 30% local-content financial contribution rather than extortion.

    Heard on SAfm · 15:03 SASTAsk locl about this: Joe Sibanyoni grilled at Madlanga Commission over Ndoli protection fee claims, heard on SAfm

  4. Bafana build-up and Maharaj headline the sports desk

    Power FM's sports headlines led with Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos' successor Pitso Mosimane appealing to Egyptian supporters to fill the stands behind his side when they face Eritrea in a World Cup qualifier, framing the fixture as one where South Africa needs a hostile-turned-friendly Cairo crowd. Proteas spinner Keshav Maharaj also featured in the wrap. Earlier, SAfm ran a Manchester City angle with former keeper Joe Hart defending chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak amid the club's appeal against 114 alleged Premier League financial breaches, saying he had no reason not to trust him.

    Heard on Power FM · 15:01 SASTAsk locl about this: Bafana build-up and Maharaj headline the sports desk, heard on Power FM

  5. Marivate memorial and Solo Studios: a lifestyle beat from Pretoria to Riebeek Valley

    SAfm's culture desk previewed a memorial concert and lecture at the Pretoria State Theatre this Saturday for Rev DC Marivate, hosted by the Mossa International Choir and led by his grandchild, a medical doctor determined to keep the composer's sacred music alive. Cape Talk rounded out the lifestyle offering with Ashley Stone marking ten years of Solo Studios, the arts weekend running 23 to 25 October across Riebeek Kasteel and Riebeek Wes, and a separate chat previewing 'A Woman Alone' at the Stellenbosch Woordfees from 3 to 6 October.

    Heard on SAfm · 14:16 SASTAsk locl about this: Marivate memorial and Solo Studios: a lifestyle beat from Pretoria to Riebeek Valley, heard on SAfm

Morning edition

Morning editionCovers Mon, 28 Sept 05:00 → Tue, 29 Sept 05:00 SAST

Morning edition · 5-minute listen

One of the bloodiest weekends in recent memory dominated South African talk radio, with 28 dead across mass shootings in Wadela and Lwandle framing almost every current-affairs slot. Stations pivoted from the body count to the systemic questions — crime intelligence collapse, illicit firearms, a fresh femicide inquiry and a Tembisa murder-suicide — while Goldfields' audacious Australian bid and a rare ballet gala offered the day's business and cultural counterweight.

  1. Bloody weekend: 28 dead in Wadela and Lwandle mass shootings

    Every talk station led with the twin tavern massacres that killed 28 people and wounded 26 within hours of each other on Gauteng's West Rand and in Lwandle near Cape Town. 702, Cape Talk, Power FM and SAFM tracked the death toll rising as an 18th Wadela victim died in hospital, with police confirming eight gunmen armed with AK-47s. Presenters pressed criminologists and security analysts on why coordinated syndicate attacks keep succeeding, with Professor Irvin Kinnes noting 197 deaths across 41 mass killings this year alone. The Western Cape commissioner confirmed the Lwandle Shisanyama owner will be charged under the Liquor Act.

    Heard on Cape Talk · 17:09 SASTAsk locl about this: Bloody weekend: 28 dead in Wadela and Lwandle mass shootings, heard on Cape Talk

  2. Tembisa femicide and the GBVF inquiry

    The murder of 23-year-old Boitumelo Mashita, shot dead on her way to work in Tembisa, ran as a parallel thread across 702, Cape Talk, Power FM and SAFM — intensified when her estranged husband was later found dead in his vehicle in Midrand, suspected of ingesting an unknown substance. The killing landed on the same day three Chapter 9 institutions opened a joint national inquiry into the criminal justice system's response to gender-based violence and femicide, with a new report finding GBVF cases routinely collapse before trial because of poor police investigations. The Ekurhuleni murders of 12 women shadowed every panel.

    Heard on 702 · 02:02 SASTAsk locl about this: Tembisa femicide and the GBVF inquiry, heard on 702

  3. Madlanga Commission: Firoz Khan no-show, charges to follow

    Drama at the Madlanga Commission dominated legal coverage as former Crime Intelligence deputy head Major General Firoz Khan again failed to appear, leaving his lawyers to argue medical grounds while evidence leader Adila Hassim told the inquiry he had flouted its subpoena. Justice Madlanga ordered that criminal charges be pursued after an independent assessment found Khan could testify virtually and he still refused. In a separate strand, taxi boss Bafana Sindane's urgent High Court bid to block his own testimony was struck off the roll, clearing the way for him to finally take the stand on extortion allegations.

    Heard on SAfm · 15:22 SASTAsk locl about this: Madlanga Commission: Firoz Khan no-show, charges to follow, heard on SAfm

  4. Goldfields' multi-billion rand tilt at Northern Star

    Business desks on Cape Talk, Power FM and SAFM zeroed in on Goldfields' roughly R445 billion bid for Australia's Northern Star Resources, which the target's board publicly rejected as undervaluing the company. Goldfields is appealing directly to Northern Star shareholders in an unusually public campaign that would, if successful, create one of the largest gold producers on earth. The move landed on a brutal day for local gold counters — Goldfields down 12.5%, AngloGold off 4.9%, Harmony 4.6% weaker — after the bullion price tumbled more than $123 an ounce, prompting analysts to debate whether the deal signals sector consolidation.

    Heard on Cape Talk · 18:13 SASTAsk locl about this: Goldfields' multi-billion rand tilt at Northern Star, heard on Cape Talk

  5. Cape Town's Legacy of Dance gala brings the ballet world together

    Cape Talk's arts slot spotlighted The Legacy of Dance, a rare gala pulling together Cape Town City Ballet, Cape Ballet Africa, Joburg Ballet, the Wgroove Dance Company and international choreographers alongside emerging artists, all accompanied by the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra under Brandon Phillips. Jazzart's marketing lead Marion joined a studio full of guests to explain how the production stitches established dancers to new voices and international choreography to local skill. In a week defined by violence, the segment offered listeners a deliberate counterpoint about cultural collaboration and the Mother City's stubborn creative infrastructure.

    Heard on Cape Talk · 13:35 SASTAsk locl about this: Cape Town's Legacy of Dance gala brings the ballet world together, heard on Cape Talk

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