RC 261009702Aubrey Masango
Friday, 9 October 2026
Anti-illegal immigration protests dominated the Friday show, with looting and torched cars in Durban and Soweto, while callers split sharply over Home Affairs' handling of the asylum directive.
- 20:00
Looting broke out again in Durban, where a convenience shop on Umbilo Road and a spaza shop near the Chesterville taxi rank were looted, and three houses and motorcycles were torched during anti-illegal immigration protests.
- 23:02
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said the Constitutional Court's asylum judgment was binding, even as his department's systems were overwhelmed, and the directive to accept all asylum applicants has since been withdrawn.
- 23:01
In Soweto, at least 10 cars were torched and a spaza shop looted on Thursday night, and 13 criminal cases have been lodged, according to acting police commissioner Puleng Dimbane.
- 23:04
Justice Navi Pillay, 85, became the fifth South African to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on peace, justice and international law, while serving as an ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice.