Early Breakfast
Africa Melane · Mon–Fri · 04:00–06:00 SAST. A daily recap of what the show covered, cited to the broadcast minute.
Latest recap · Tuesday, 4 August 2026
Electricity restructuring and Cape Town’s policing powers dominated the morning, alongside a fatal Adams Mission water-tanker incident and the usual mix of news and guest analysis.
- 04:24
Ramaphosa backed the first phase of Eskom restructuring: transmission is to be fully independent, with the NTCSA spun off and transmission assets transferred to a separate company.
- 05:16
Energy analyst Samson Mampueli said the new transmission system operator will be 100% state-owned under Eskom Holdings, not privatised, and argued open grid access should lower prices over time.
- 04:01
Cape Town formally declared an intergovernmental dispute with the acting police minister after years of lobbying for metro police to get investigative powers, which the city says are needed to secure convictions.
- 05:02
A man died in Adams Mission, Durban, after being run over by a water tanker; residents alleged the driver tried to leave without supplying water, and police opened a culpable homicide case.
- 04:03
The Electoral Commission said more than 290,000 first-time voters registered in its final drive, taking the total from both registration weekends to more than 750,000 new names on the roll.