RC 261027Power FMThabiso "TT" Tema
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Officials face consequences over the Bronkhorstspruit water contamination, while Eugene de Kock's Khampepe Commission testimony and the debate over SAA's ownership dominated this Tuesday's Power Breakfast.
- 06:00
More than 800 people, most of them children, have fallen ill amid a crisis linked to the city's failure to chlorinate water. Mayor Nasiphi Moya says those found negligent must face consequences.
- 06:33
South Africa needs about R400 billion to repair dilapidated water infrastructure, the Water and Sanitation Minister said at Bronkhorstspruit. She urged private-sector funding and municipal reinvestment of collected revenue.
- 07:15
Former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock told the Khampepe Commission that prosecutors never approached him for evidence that could have helped secure apartheid-era convictions, accusing the NPA of criminal negligence.
- 06:03
Winterfeld residents in north Pretoria secured a commitment from the electricity minister to stabilise the failing local grid. He also urged them to stop paying extortion fees of up to R6,000 for illegal power connections.
- 06:03
The chair of Parliament's Standing Committee on Appropriations says government should stop being SAA's sole shareholder. He argues the airline needs an equity partner without being weakened to attract a cheap buyer.