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Daily briefing

Tuesday, 29 September 2026

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

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

Daily briefing

Tuesday, 29 September 2026

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

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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