RC 261013Power FMColleen Makhubele
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
A policy-heavy evening covering new e-hailing rules, a free-speech row over South Africans spreading misinformation abroad, and Gauteng's plan for high rape-case police stations, with callers pushing back hard.
- 20:16
The Transport Department has formally recognised e-hailing platforms as legal public transport, with new rules requiring visible branding, driver permits, criminal record checks and panic buttons, plus penalties for platforms that don't comply.
- 21:19
The e-hailing partners council says the new regulations are silent on pricing, violence and exploitation, while adding operating-zone restrictions that drivers oppose.
- 20:19
Minister Ronald Lamola backs a parliamentary proposal by Supra Mohapilo to tighten measures against South African organisations accused of spreading misinformation abroad, which the DA and Freedom Front Plus say threatens free expression.
- 20:23
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi will send extra resources to 10 police stations with high rape case numbers, including Ivory Park, Tembisa and Alexandra, and audit unresolved sexual offence and murder cases over 60 days.
- 20:03
The Madlanga Commission will question Serge Kabonga after a voice recording attributed to him was played in Shadrack Sibiya's bail hearing, in which he allegedly made claims of criminal ties.