RC 261014702Aubrey Masango
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Financial stress and mental health led the first hour, then the COSATU leadership outcome and a long near-death experience segment took over, with many listeners calling in.
- 20:11
COSATU's leadership race produced a new president, while the former president was retained as general secretary, a compromise seen as stabilising the federation.
- 20:09
The ANC chairperson walked out of the COSATU congress over the order of speakers, a move the host reads as a real fissure with the SACP after it resolved to contest local elections alone.
- 20:55
Dr Frank says financial stress touches physical, emotional and social health, urging listeners to contact creditors before payments are missed to avoid court action and credit bureau listings.
- 21:17
A near-death researcher said the experience is defined by flatlining, when there is no heartbeat, brain activity or breathing, and that what follows is where the experiences occur.
- 22:28
Stanley Beckett, summarising a hospice nurse's book on the dying, said the fifth regret most people voice is 'I wish I had let myself be happier', framing happiness as something allowed.