RC 261008Power FMColleen Makhubele
Thursday, 8 October 2026
Soweto and Durban unrest over the Constitutional Court asylum ruling dominated the evening, with torched vehicles and police warnings, before the show turned to public service reform and funeral culture.
- 20:50
Violence in Soweto and Durban over the Constitutional Court asylum ruling left 10 vehicles torched in Soweto and 14 in Durban, and police say three foreign nationals have been arrested in KwaZulu-Natal.
- 20:03
Government rejects claims that the asylum ruling grants undocumented foreign nationals a blanket amnesty, saying it only requires Home Affairs to assess applications on their merits, even where applicants entered irregularly.
- 21:19
The Public Service Commission Act, signed into law by the president, replaces the 1997 Act and strengthens the commission's monitoring, evaluation and investigative functions, though experts say implementation is the real test.
- 21:26
Prof Alex van Hieve argued the new public service laws do not close structural gaps, because political control over appointing and removing senior administrators remains in place.