RC 260812702Clement Manyathela
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
The show was dominated by two big accountability debates: whether private sector help should be brought into failing municipalities, and how far labour and medicines regulators should go to protect workers and consumers.
- 09:12
Municipal service delivery was put to listeners: Clement argued councils are failing, the Auditor-General’s reports keep worsening, and public-private partnerships may be the next option for water and electricity.
- 09:30
Listeners were split on private sector involvement, with some warning it would raise prices and open more corruption, while others backed outsourcing if it meant quicker, reliable services and more competent delivery.
- 10:15
Labour Department figures showed severe non-compliance: only three of 114 workplaces inspected in the first blitz were fully compliant, with violations including underpaying workers, no UIF, no PPE and dangerous conditions.
- 11:09
SAPHRA warned that illicit medicines are spreading through social media, spaza shops, beauty outlets and gyms, especially weight-loss, pain, performance-enhancing and body-shaping products that have not been approved.
- 11:33
The sharing space closed with a debate on friendships breaking over politics and migration, after a listener said a friend cut contact over her stance on illegal immigration.