RC 261113Power FMKwena Moabelo
Friday, 13 November 2026
Friday's Power Lunch was dominated by callers angry about foreign nationals filling entry-level jobs, alongside Madlanga Commission testimony on a R1.5 million JMPD cash theft and a psychiatric medicine shortage.
- 12:12
Labour department inspections found 231,850 foreign nationals employed at 168,766 inspected workplaces by the end of Q2, mostly in entry-level jobs, and callers said the official response of calling it unfortunate was not enough.
- 13:02
Hawks investigator Warrant Officer Puti Mashala concluded testimony at the Madlanga Commission on a 2023 probe into R1.5 million in cash, saying JMPD officer Eric Mpachele denied seeing the bag and allegedly tried to bribe the Hawks team.
- 12:06
Former speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula faces 13 charges, including corruption and money laundering, over alleged bribes of about R4.5 million from a defence service provider; she denies the allegations and has pleaded not guilty.
- 12:07
The DG Murray Trust is challenging a Northern Cape law allowing taverns to trade until 2am and bottle stores to sell on Sundays, arguing it harms public health; liquor traders warn of lost livelihoods.
- 12:54
SASOP warned that shortages of antipsychotics and other psychiatric medication risk relapse, and Little Eden, an NPO caring for 300 residents, says it has had to source medication privately because the state has not supplied it.