RC 261026Power FMThabiso "TK" Kotane
Monday, 26 October 2026
Power Drive's afternoon was dominated by the Bronkhorstspruit water contamination crisis and Eugene de Kock's TRC inquiry testimony on apartheid-era political complicity.
- 15:02
Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina says there is no outbreak, though gastrointestinal illness cases in Bronkhorstspruit rose from over 400 to 833 after non-chlorinated water from the plant.
- 15:04
Eugene de Kock told the TRC inquiry that generals and politicians knew of Vlakplaas operations, and claimed an instruction to bomb a church-council office came directly from President P.W. Botha.
- 15:23
Tshwane has suspended licensing services at the Station Square centre in Akasia after the landlord refused a lease extension, leaving motorists with expiring licences and few nearby alternative appointment slots.
- 15:06
Lula secured a fourth term as Brazil's president with 51.79% of the vote against Flavio Bolsonaro's 48.21%, though Bolsonaro has refused to concede and called for the result to be annulled.