RC 261009947Mo Flava
Friday, 9 October 2026
Mo Flavor's Friday show was dominated by listener complaints about spam calls, with a consumer journalist explaining the new national opt-out registry, alongside news of asylum-related unrest.
- 09:05
Home Affairs has withdrawn its directive on processing asylum applications after violent protests in Durban and Soweto, though the department says it remains committed to the Constitutional Court judgment and will develop a new approach.
- 10:03
Fourteen cars were torched in Durban's CBD during protests, with several shops looted and a public violence case opened, but no arrests made yet.
- 09:06
Four people, including three children, died in an overnight fire at an informal settlement in Ekurhuleni; the cause is under investigation.
- 09:50
The National Consumer Commission's opt-out registry is live, but marketers have six months to clean their databases, so the block only takes effect in April 2027.