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Saturday, 19 September 2026
Saturday’s music-led broadcast was punctuated by Cape Town election promises, a resolved textbook procurement dispute, Western Cape fire updates and a wide-ranging African music showcase.
- 17:00
The Good Party launched its Cape Town manifesto, promising public-land affordable housing, rent-stabilised flats, informal-settlement upgrades, free off-peak transport and action against spatial inequality.
- 17:02
Basic Education approved the foundation-phase catalogue for 2027 after legal and procurement reviews, clearing provinces to buy textbooks while finding no fraud or favouritism.
- 17:03
Firefighters contained the blaze above Simondium’s La Place Wine Estate, preventing flames from reaching nearby orchards and vineyards; mopping-up operations continued overnight in difficult terrain.
- 17:05
South Africa’s women cricketers completed a five-match T20 clean sweep over Zimbabwe, winning the final by 13 runs after posting 164 for six.
- 17:14
The African music segment travelled from Nigeria and Yoruba traditions to Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola, with context on language, migration and family support.