RC 260815Cape TalkAfrica Melane
Saturday, 15 August 2026
A music-heavy Saturday show was punctuated by major news on NSFAS, political killings arrests, a Wild Coast oil ruling and nationwide traffic-system outages.
- 14:00
OUTA said the High Court ruling suspending NSFAS administrator Prof. Nhlanhla Nematubula and sending the board back was a clear rebuke of Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela’s handling of the scheme.
- 15:00
KwaZulu-Natal police arrested a fifth suspect in the 2023 murder of Umgeni DA councillor Nhlalayenza Ndlovu; the suspect is due in the Howick Magistrates Court on Monday.
- 10:04
The Constitutional Court’s halt to Shell and Impact Africa’s Wild Coast oil and gas exploration was described as a win for coastal communities after the earlier licences were found unlawful for lack of public participation.
- 11:00
A nationwide Natis outage left licensing centres unable to process bookings, renewals or vehicle registrations, with only driving tests and card collections available until the system comes back online.