RC 260818Power FMColleen Makhubele
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
A night of heated debate on South Africa’s identity and policy failures: SADC migration tensions, who really owns transformation, and a grim alcohol-abuse intervention.
- 21:12
SADC’s 46th summit was overshadowed by South Africa’s anti-immigration protests, Ramaphosa’s apology for xenophobia, and a push for a regional labour migration response and UniVisa.
- 21:19
Panelists said SADC still lacks concrete delivery on industrialisation, critical minerals beneficiation, and the long-promised Regional Development Fund, despite talk of corridors and regional integration.
- 22:20
The “who owns South Africa?” debate split the panel: one view said transformation has become transactional and left black South Africans excluded from productive ownership and capital.
- 23:24
A major alcohol study showed per-capita drinking is rising despite falling incomes, with heavy harm in poorer communities; MPs backed tougher taxes, tighter licensing, and a new bill.