RC 260912Cape Talk
Saturday, 12 September 2026
The episode paired repeated national news updates with Shiloh New’s deep dive into obscure psychedelic, progressive and jazz-rock recordings from the 1960s and 1970s.
- 20:01
Eskom reported an energy availability factor of 67.78%, unplanned outages falling to 19.43%, and about 3,500 megawatts of generation capacity returning to the grid.
- 21:04
More than 53,000 active TB cases had been reported in the Western Cape by August, with expanded screening targeting contacts, people living with HIV and exposed children.
- 21:07
The programme revisited Richard Wright’s solo album Wet Dream before moving through Richie Havens, The Rascals, Terranova and other lesser-heard psychedelic recordings.
- 22:48
Later selections included Jean-Luc Ponty, Jefferson Airplane, Jethro Tull’s edited Thick as a Brick, Jimi Hendrix Experience and Steve Hackett’s The Virgin and the Gypsy.