RC 261023947Nick Explicit
Friday, 23 October 2026
Friday's Daybreak leaned on EWN headlines, including a contaminated-water illness outbreak in Tshwane, a deadly Tibet earthquake and a fuel levy cut, alongside a brain teaser about Apple's iPod.
- 05:31
More than 400 people fell ill after drinking contaminated water, and tests found high levels of E. coli bacteria; the Public Protector's Office will check whether alternative supply was provided.
- 05:31
Tshwane says one treatment plant supplying affected areas went three weeks without chlorination because of problems with its chlorine supplier.
- 05:32
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck China's remote Tibet region, killing at least 16 people, injuring 54 and collapsing more than 300 houses.
- 05:31
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced another fuel levy cut taking effect on Election Day in the midterm budget, which opposition parties dismissed as a temporary ANC election ploy.
- 05:40
Listeners confirmed the brain teaser answer was Apple's iPod, the 2001 device that changed how people consume music and is now discontinued.