RC 261009947Nick Explicit
Friday, 9 October 2026
Friday's Daybreak led with overnight anti-illegal immigration violence in Soweto and Durban, where dozens of cars were torched and spaza shops looted, plus asylum ruling fallout.
- 05:31
Police vowed to keep a strong presence in Soweto and Durban after overnight anti-illegal immigration protests. Dozens of cars were torched and foreign-owned spaza shops looted in Soweto.
- 05:31
Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the constitutional court ruling does not mean every foreign national who applies for asylum will be allowed to stay in the country.
- 05:32
Ukraine accused Russia of deliberately targeting civilians after two buses were blown up in frontline Kramatorsk, one of the deadliest attacks in weeks, with 30 people killed.
- 05:41
In the brain teaser, most callers named the sewing machine but missed the improvement. Hosts said Isaac Singer added a motor to Elias Howe's 1846 original.