RC 261008702Bongani Bingwa
Thursday, 8 October 2026
A Thought Leaders Forum outside broadcast examined South Africa’s crises, focusing on RAF reform, retirement savings, leadership, crime and the need for government-business cooperation.
- 06:58
OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage rejected simply raising the Road Accident Fund levy, saying poor management drove its salary bill from R500 million to R2.5 billion and left a R450 billion hole.
- 07:24
Old Mutual chair Roger Jardine said retirement savings could fund infrastructure and jobs, but pension money is sacred and requires properly designed projects, capable contractors and trustworthy administration.
- 08:54
Old Mutual CEO Yuri Strader said growth depends on confidence, investment and jobs, with government creating an enabling environment and business investing; coalition politics requires action on agreed priorities.
- 08:03
A parliamentary committee recommended investigating former police minister Bayit Tele over allegations he received R500,000 in cash, including checks of banking and accommodation records and possible NPA referral.
- 08:04
Youth representatives and political parties placed jobs, service delivery, infrastructure and crime at the centre of Johannesburg’s local-election debate, with competing proposals on investment, procurement and township industrialisation.