RC 260828Cape TalkPippa Hudson

Friday, 28 August 2026

Friday’s show spotlighted South Africa’s all-female sailing team, exposed weak oversight in youth rehab centres, and stressed the urgency of recognising and treating strokes.

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  1. 13:23

    Team Granite SA Women’s Sailing will take 10 South African sailors to New York for the inaugural New York Yacht Club Women’s International Sailing Championships, starting 12 September.

  2. 13:49

    Bad Behavior director Richard Gregory said South Africa has laws governing youth rehab and discipline camps, but weak departmental oversight allows some facilities to operate without meaningful compliance checks.

  3. 14:19

    Stroke symptoms require immediate action: remember BFAST—balance, eyesight, facial asymmetry, arm drooping, speech changes and time—because blocked vessels destroy around two million neurons per minute.

  4. 14:15

    South Africa has fewer than 200 neurologists for more than 60 million people, with specialists concentrated in major cities; rural patients can face long journeys to stroke-ready facilities.

  5. 14:29

    A transient ischaemic attack should be treated as a stroke until proven otherwise, with the highest risk of a full stroke occurring within the following three days to one week.