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Sunday, 9 August 2026
Women’s Day dominated the day’s radio, with strong speeches on GBV and corruption, while breaking crime and sport updates ran through the news bulletins.
- 16:02
President Cyril Ramaphosa used the Union Buildings Women’s Day commemoration to urge men and boys to reject gender-based violence, linking the 1956 march to today’s GBV crisis and calling for more women in STEM.
- 15:01
1956 march veteran Sophie Williams De Bruyn said corruption and abuse have left women “prisoners in their own homes,” and warned that stolen public money means stolen education, health and infrastructure.
- 17:00
Acting police minister Feroz Kachalia and senior police leaders vowed a hard response after two anti-gang officers and two civilians were killed in Reiger Park, as Cape Town’s weekend mass shootings were also condemned.
- 17:06
Banyana Banyana’s WAFCON run ended with a 2-1 quarter-final loss to Morocco, while the Springboks beat Argentina 17-10 in Buenos Aires and the MTN8 quarter-finals kept fans busy with Chiefs and Sundowns updates.