RC 261015Kaya 959Glen Lewis
Thursday, 15 October 2026
Mostly listener banter and traffic, but the newsy stretch centred on the IEC's ANC candidate ruling, the Sibiya bail hearing and revised SASSA grant dates.
- 15:01
The Electoral Commission will implement the Constitutional Court's ruling on the ANC's 181 excluded candidates ahead of the local government elections on 4 November, with details to follow once assessments are complete.
- 15:03
The state told the Randburg Magistrates' Court that the task team arrested Shadrack Sibiya because of a lack of trust within the SAPS, as Sibiya seeks release on R20,000 bail after custody since 21 September.
- 17:03
Older persons' grants will now be paid on Friday 30 October, disability grants on Monday 2 November and children's grants on Tuesday 3 November, after Election Day was declared a public holiday.
- 17:02
The Madlanga Commission strongly denied Serge Kabonge's claims in an audio recording, saying none of its commissioners or evidence leaders knows him or has communicated with him.