RC 260810702Africa Melane
Monday, 10 August 2026
Women's Day reflections dominated the show, alongside hard talk about women’s safety, the SRD grant appeal and pressure on households from rising rents.
- 05:02
Ramaphosa used the 1956 Women’s Day commemoration to condemn gender-based violence and victim-blaming, telling the country not to justify abuse by a woman’s clothes, behaviour or status.
- 05:18
Melanie Bauberry Krill said South African women’s legal gains have not translated into safety on the ground, arguing empowerment starts with safer streets, homes and communities before anything else.
- 05:22
The Viva Foundation says its work centres on child education, food security and prevention of sexual violence, with projects such as Aqua Grow and the Fubiva Food Forest aimed at practical community skills.
- 05:50
The SRD grant challenge heading to the Supreme Court of Appeal centres on an unconstitutional online-only application system and exclusions that have rejected more than 10 million applications this year.
- 04:53
Rental pressure is intensifying as more households stay in rented accommodation for longer, with Gauteng and the Western Cape carrying the heaviest load and Cape Town rents far above Johannesburg’s.