RC 261001Cape TalkClarence Ford
Thursday, 1 October 2026
The episode focused on Africa’s push for financial independence, alongside Cape Town’s housing pressures, deadly gun violence and a worsening humanitarian situation in Ethiopia.
- 09:54
The African Credit Rating Agency is due to launch in Mauritius on 7 October, challenging global ratings firms accused of imposing excessive borrowing costs on African countries.
- 09:51
Fighting has intensified in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, with communications cut, tourists trapped in Lalibela and fears of a wider conflict involving Eritrea and Sudan.
- 09:24
Masunwabi TRA residents in Gugulethu remain in temporary housing 14 years after relocation, while the City proposes using their site for another displaced community.
- 11:00
Four people died in a Mitchells Plain shooting, including a woman who succumbed in hospital; police are hunting four suspects and the motive remains unknown.