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Thursday, 10 September 2026

The episode centred on accountability: Botswana’s opaque infrastructure deal, Johannesburg’s delayed Lilian Ngoyi Street rebuild, public-service failures and South Africa’s reading crisis.

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  1. 06:26

    Botswana’s opposition demanded parliamentary scrutiny of businessman Zunaid Moti’s African Hero projects, alleging costs could rise from 3.6 billion pula to 20 billion and burden taxpayers.

  2. 07:17

    Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero said the 192 million-rand Lilian Ngoyi Street reconstruction was delayed by cash-flow problems, with completion now promised by 31 October.

  3. 07:59

    A Parktown children’s welfare campus lost electricity amid a dispute over roughly 70 million rand owed by provincial departments, forcing critical services to rely on limited contingency measures.

  4. 08:02

    Police uncovered a suspected Erasmia Mandrex laboratory capable of producing up to 800,000 tablets daily; two foreign nationals were arrested and a possible crystal-meth facility was identified.

  5. 08:21

    National Book Week coverage highlighted that reading begins at home: experts urged adults to read to children from the first 1,000 days and expand access through little libraries.