RC 261019Power FMKwena Moabelo
Monday, 19 October 2026
Mbeki's TRC-inquiry testimony and Suliman Carrim's reserved bail ruling led the news, while callers debated a chained-patient rehab centre and raising children who can't be bought.
- 12:00
Former President Thabo Mbeki, testifying before the Khampepe inquiry into TRC-referred apartheid-era cases, flatly denied that his government ever intervened to stop NPA prosecutions, calling such claims lies.
- 12:02
Suliman Carrim's bail judgment in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court is reserved until 28 October; he stays in custody after being arrested at OR Tambo as he was about to board a flight to the UAE.
- 12:04
Only one in 10 contributing retirement fund members is on track to retire comfortably, according to the Alex Forbes 2026 report, up from 6% in 2021, with nine in 10 projected to fall short.
- 12:43
The Border Management Authority's new number-plate targeting system has recovered 83 vehicles worth R46.6 million since April, while more than 1,800 vehicles were stopped for lacking financier letters.
- 12:33
President Cyril Ramaphosa says government is targeting more than one million children not registered in early childhood development programmes as it works to expand access to early learning.