RC 261012Power FMColleen Makhubele
Monday, 12 October 2026
Home Affairs' withdrawal of its asylum directive and the Constitutional Court's ruling on non-refoulement dominated the show, with callers also raising SASA grant leakages and ECD water shortages.
- 20:13
The Home Affairs minister said his department followed the court order without anticipating the protests and danger, and pulled the plug once the mess unfolded on the ground.
- 20:15
A Constitutional Court ruling removed the five-day window for presenting to a refugee office, so procedural timelines cannot override non-refoulement, panellists explained. Critics warned of a loophole for long-term undocumented residents.
- 20:21
SASA has reportedly disbursed about R1.3 billion to ineligible beneficiaries in the past year, including deceased people and holders of invalid IDs, a leakage raised by the Auditor General and in Parliament.
- 20:01
ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe refused to deliver the ANC's message of support at the Cosatu congress before the SACP was scheduled to speak, sparking uproar, and he insists the ANC as alliance leader speaks last.