RC 261031Cape Talk
Saturday, 31 October 2026
Mostly music, but the show's EWN bulletins dominated with final election rallies, taxi violence and water-supply promises ahead of next week's municipal polls.
- 23:02
The Provincial Taxi Registrar has suspended a Cape Town taxi association for six months after an inquiry found it allowed route invasions, failed to control members and linked drivers to violence.
- 21:00
Jacob Zuma has spoken out for the first time since being discharged from hospital, posting a video urging registered voters to back his party at next week's municipal elections.
- 21:00
EFF leader Julius Malema, at the party's final rally at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, said it is disappointing that millions still face unreliable water supply 30 years into democracy and vowed to fix it.
- 21:01
DA Johannesburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille told a Mamelodi rally the city's service delivery problems are not too complex to resolve, naming faulty traffic lights, potholes, water and electricity as priorities.
- 23:01
Western Cape electoral officer Michael Hendrickser says the IEC is working with SAPS and local law enforcement to keep voters and staff safe amid deadly gang and taxi violence in the mother city.