Tuesday, 4 August 2026
Election registration numbers and legal fights over the Expropriation Act dominated the morning, alongside a sharp warning on water quality and Banyana Banyana’s must-win WAFCON night.
POWER Breakfast · Power FM · Thabiso "TT" Tema
- 07:16
IEC says the voters’ roll passed 29 million after the final registration weekend, with 754,332 new voters added and 1.7 million interactions recorded; online registration stays open until Friday’s proclamation, now also via WhatsApp.
- 07:19
Election analyst Tembilani Mazbuko said 54% of new registrants were under 29, but warned turnout still matters because less than 35% of people who have never voted before plan to take part.
- 07:56
The Expropriation Act challenge moved into its second day in the Western Cape High Court, with IRR Legal arguing sections allowing nil compensation undermine property rights and create long, costly disputes.
- 08:19
Professor Anya Du Plessis said 46% of water supply systems failed microbiological standards, with municipalities blamed for weak governance, sewage pollution and not reinvesting water revenue; government is pushing ring-fencing for infrastructure.
- 08:34
Banyana Banyana face Burkina Faso in Casablanca needing a win, plus help from Ivory Coast against Tanzania, to stay alive at WAFCON and keep the 2027 Women’s World Cup dream alive.