RC 261007947Thando Thabethe
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
Fuel-price pressure, serious news updates and lighter conversations about subscriptions, social-media obsessions and sports dominated the afternoon show.
- 17:00
A 30-year-old Limpopo mechanic held captive in Mozambique for almost a month was released unharmed and began his journey home after South African diplomatic efforts.
- 17:00
SAPS received more than one million recruitment applications but appointed no intended new recruits after a R360 million medical-assessment contract was cancelled; the intake was deferred.
- 15:23
With petrol prices rising, the presenters and listeners weighed which subscriptions to cancel, but Spotify Premium and YouTube Premium were declared non-negotiable.
- 16:17
Welsh explorer Ash Dykes began a 700-kilometre kayak journey down the Sanga River through the dangerous Congo Basin after recovering a delayed bag containing the kayak pump.
- 17:03
Saturday’s MTN8 final was framed as a champion-versus-champion contest, with Orlando Pirates seeking a record-extending fifth title against Mamelodi Sundowns at Moses Mabhida Stadium.