RC 261110Kaya 959Phemelo Motene
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
Unemployment dominated the episode, with Cosatu citing 44% joblessness and SAFTU condemning a 3.5% executive pay rise, while Madlanga Commission testimony over 20 impalas grew heated.
- 20:17
Cosatu's spokesperson put the extended unemployment rate at 44%, saying more than four in ten people lack work, and called for a bold stimulus package and a revived public employment programme.
- 20:04
The presidency announced a 3.5% salary increase for the national executive and 4% for the judiciary, which SAFTU called an insult to the unemployed during the same week job figures were released.
- 21:38
Alleged crime kingpin Vusimuzi Matlala testified that he gave former deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya 20 impalas, but denied that Sibiya had ever asked him for them.
- 21:02
The ANC Youth League is lobbying the ANC not to form a coalition with the DA, arguing the DA's neoliberal positions clash with ANC policy and that senior leaders must make way for younger members.