RC 261022Kaya 959Andy Maqondwana
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Mostly music and listener segments, but the news bulletins were dominated by water shortages in Ritabiseng and Bronkhorstspruit and the sudden dismissal of Fort Hare's vice chancellor.
- 12:00
More than 400 gastrointestinal illness cases have been reported in Ritabiseng, with children under four worst affected, as residents say taps have run dry and some turn to river water.
- 12:04
Fort Hare University council dismissed Vice Chancellor Sakela Buhlungu two days before his planned departure, finding him guilty of misconduct over unauthorised executive appointments, disrepute and insubordination.
- 12:02
The Johannesburg High Court accepted an El Dorado Park father's guilty plea to murder and rape over the death of his four-year-old daughter, with sentencing postponed to the next day.
- 14:02
A teacher at Busisiwa Primary School in Soweto appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates' Court after handing himself to police over the alleged rape of a nine-year-old; he is on precautionary suspension.