RC 261024702Kenny Maistry
Saturday, 24 October 2026
A Saturday 702 show of classics, listener calls and a 1993 Maestro-year quiz, with EWN bulletins leading on Tshwane's contaminated water and a Cape Town councillor's resignation.
- 11:02
The city has launched an independent investigation after the Bronco Spray treatment plant went three weeks without chlorination, contaminating household water. Over 500 people have reported gastrointestinal illness, and the plant manager is suspended.
- 11:00
ANC Cape Town leader Kiro has resigned from council days before the local government elections, amid a pending DA-led disciplinary process over missed virtual sub-council meetings. He denies the process prompted his resignation.
- 11:01
At least four people have died in a fire at an informal settlement in Ekurhuleni, displacing dozens of families. Firefighters, law enforcement and paramedics are managing the incident.
- 10:01
The provincial government says it is ramping up efforts against taxi violence in Cape Town after a clash between rival taxi groups at the Maitland rank. At least two people have been killed in a wider wave of violence, and Public Order Police are deployed.
- 10:03
CCTV footage presented in the Durban High Court trial of seven men accused in the 2023 killing of rapper Forbes shows an alleged hitman stalking him for hours on the day he was shot.