RC 261007Power FMThabiso "TT" Tema
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
Fuel costs, policing capacity and public-service failures dominated the episode, alongside scrutiny of asylum access, spaza-shop funding and men’s breast cancer awareness.
- 07:23
Petrol 95 rose by R3.33 to R30.25 a litre and diesel by R3.24 to more than R35; the AA says South Africa’s fuel reserves have fallen from 18 months to three.
- 06:24
Auditor-General findings show SAPS detectives handling 600 to 800 dockets each; the policing union says shortages, retirements and slow re-enlistment are overwhelming investigations.
- 08:26
A Constitutional Court ruling means asylum applications must be assessed on their merits regardless of unlawful entry or missing transit visas, but Home Affairs faces a backlog of about 160,000 cases.
- 07:57
Parliament’s small-business committee found ownership mismatches, untraceable addresses and fronting linked to the Spaza Shop Support Fund, while denying that foreign nationals were directly funded.
- 08:56
Men also have breast tissue and can develop breast cancer; survivor Simon Hewitt said ignoring a lump for four months allowed his diagnosis to progress to stage four.