RC 260904702Bongani Bingwa
Friday, 4 September 2026
702 Breakfast focused on accountability in South Africa’s criminal-justice system, escalating Middle East tensions, Gloria Steinem’s legacy and a warning about a caller allegedly exploiting listeners’ generosity.
- 06:55
News24 legal journalist Karen Morn said former Hawks head Godfrey Lebea faced scrutiny over stolen cocaine, alleged criminal networks and his failure to act on misconduct concerns.
- 07:18
Economist Iraj Abedian warned the Iran-US conflict has become an energy-market war, with Strait of Hormuz disruption threatening fuel prices, food security and a wider humanitarian crisis.
- 07:04
Former Parliament legal adviser Duzelo Vanara was appointed acting head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption after Andrea Johnson’s resignation, amid the agency’s credibility crisis.
- 08:17
A caller claiming his father abandoned him and his sisters was exposed as allegedly repeating the same sob story across several radio stations; 702 withdrew its planned assistance.
- 08:22
Gloria Steinem was remembered as a feminist leader who helped give language and momentum to campaigns for equal pay, reproductive rights and protection from workplace discrimination.