RC 260904Power FMThabiso "TK" Kotane
Friday, 4 September 2026
Power Drive focused on accountability, municipal failures, looming election disputes, Volkswagen’s global job cuts, and the reopening of Steve Biko’s inquest.
- 15:53
The SIU will investigate five Eastern Cape public works tenders, including a three-year security contract, amid allegations of corruption, maladministration, fraud and irregular expenditure.
- 16:11
Volkswagen’s planned 100,000 global job cuts are concentrated outside South Africa, but COSATU warned the country cannot be complacent as Chinese manufacturers reshape the motor industry.
- 16:55
Pick it Up spends R85 million monthly hiring vehicles, with 52 destined for scrapping, 39 awaiting repairs and service-provider debt reportedly reaching R1.3 billion.
- 17:12
An election expert said the ANC’s candidate-list dispute faces an existing court precedent: parties that miss submission deadlines are generally responsible for their own failure.
- 17:45
Azapo said the reopened Steve Biko inquest matters despite missing records and ageing witnesses, arguing perpetrators must provide the truth and face accountability decades after his death.