RC 261014Cape TalkPippa Hudson
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Lunch with Pippa Hudson on Cape Talk's 29th birthday was dominated by a consumer case of banks failing to verify fingerprints, while a dropped Zoom link cut the car segment short.
- 14:26
Home Affairs says a 64-year-old Standard Bank client's fingerprints are enrolled and good quality, and that the verification failure is an internal bank issue affecting a limited number of customers.
- 14:46
Several listeners link repeated verification failures to bank system upgrades, with Standard Bank, Capitec and FNB customers reporting branch visits and locked profiles.
- 13:06
The Civil Aviation Authority has finished its compliance verification of Airlink's flypast over Cape Town's DHL Stadium before the All Blacks test, and has sent its report to the airline.
- 13:29
Zelani Mahola's new single, A Good Time, is the third from her upcoming album People Power and officially launches this Friday, with the album and movie to follow.
- 14:12
Cape Talk and Prime Media Cares raised R20,000 for the Safety Parents Project through the Paddle Showdown, which Cape Talk won against KFM, with proceeds going to the Cape Care Fund.