RC 260820Cape TalkLester Kiewit
Thursday, 20 August 2026
The show centred on Cape Town’s big policy disputes, from electricity pricing and the N2 safety wall to CPUT’s protest fallout, with a later sharp debate on media accountability.
- 07:16
Electricity may get cheaper only if the new pricing policy, now approved by Cabinet, is finalized and municipalities are forced to carry more of Eskom and network inefficiencies instead of passing them on.
- 07:25
Movement for Care launched a campaign against the City of Cape Town’s R114 million N2 safety wall, saying the project was poorly consulted, budgeted without proper community input, and won’t solve crime.
- 07:03
CPUT’s withdrawn financial recovery plan remains the flashpoint: students want the vice-chancellor and CFO removed, academic records released for NSFAS-funded students, and a reset of relations after violent protests and campus damage.
- 07:17
A former executive said South Africans could be paying less for electricity only after the new pricing policy is completed; in the meantime, annual tariff applications still drive prices and transparency alone won’t cut household bills.