RC 261110Power FMColleen Makhubele
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
Coalition talks after the 2026 municipal elections dominated, alongside unemployment rising to 33.7% and questions over a spaza shop fund that has disbursed only a fraction of its promised R500 million.
- 20:00
No single party won a comfortable majority in all municipalities after the 2026 polls, with the ANC just over 30% nationally and the DA about 25%, forcing coalition talks in the metros.
- 21:08
Official unemployment rose 0.1 percentage points to 33.7% in the third quarter of 2026, with jobs lost in private households, agriculture and construction, Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke said.
- 20:20
Former president Mbeki said the ANC leadership, including its top seven, must take responsibility for the election losses, and that resignation would be the correct position to take.
- 21:28
Only about R42 million of the promised R500 million has reached roughly 700 spaza shop owners, with applicants struggling through business, industry and funding compliance requirements.
- 22:23
TRSA says cashless fare collection is one of its priority projects, with automated pilots running in several provinces to test models the minibus taxi industry can sustain.