RC 261017Cape Talk
Saturday, 17 October 2026
Mostly vintage rock on Magic Bus, with Eyewitness News bulletins repeated through the night covering an IEC ballot reprint, a Soweto drug lab, and the Pope's hospital discharge.
- 20:03
The IEC must print an extra 6.6 million ballots after a Constitutional Court ruling on ANC candidate lists; 27 of 33 million required ballots are already printed, and 32 parties get a second chance to fix their lists.
- 20:06
Pope Leo XIV has been discharged from a Rome hospital after part of his right lung was removed to extract a cancerous tumour; he has cancelled all audiences until 20 October.
- 20:00
Gauteng police say a drug lab uncovered in Soweto was a family operation run from a house, with four relatives arrested this weekend.
- 20:02
Gun Free South Africa says eight firearms were seized in separate Cape Town incidents within a week, with suspects as young as 16 and 17, and more than 100 rounds of ammunition recovered.
- 21:50
Shiloh Noon reported that a listener informed him a member of Pavlov Dog has died aged 74, a band regularly featured on the Magic Bus.