RC 261019Power FMThabiso "TK" Kotane
Monday, 19 October 2026
Former president Thabo Mbeki's TRC testimony dominated the day, while a chlorine failure left Tshwane's Brongo Spruit residents told not to use their tap water.
- 15:02
Former president Thabo Mbeki denied at the TRC cases inquiry that he held secret talks with apartheid-era generals to secure amnesty, calling the claims a complete fabrication.
- 17:14
The Department of Water and Sanitation found Tshwane's Brongo Spruit treatment works ran without chlorine from 24 September to 14 October, and the city failed to warn residents about the untreated water.
- 17:20
Residents in Brongo Spruit areas must not drink, bathe in, brush teeth with, or cook with tap water, and should use tanker water from Kalinen works, which tested safe.
- 16:43
Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said Ekurhuleni has regulatory approval to procure 2,400 megawatts from independent producers, roughly 95% of its current demand, reducing reliance on Eskom.