RC 261022Power FMColleen Makhubele
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Pastors bidding for state tenders dominated this Power Perspective episode, with a panel split on whether faith leaders should do government business, alongside a tribute to longtime caller Baba Masuku.
- 21:56
Pastors' lobby SACOF rejected the proposed regulation of churches, calling it state regulation in disguise, and urged self-regulation through peer-review bodies instead of new laws.
- 20:03
Treasury reports more than 4,000 suspected ghost workers on government's payroll; Finance Minister Godongwana announced an online verification platform built with Home Affairs to check officials against the population register.
- 20:00
Government's revised white paper on local government targets overlapping mandates, unsustainable finances and capacity constraints, and calls for stronger, coordinated support across government.
- 20:23
Regular caller Baba Masuku died on Monday, and the Power Perspective family spent the week paying tribute, with listeners sharing his fatherly advice and the debates they had with him.