RC 260811Power FMMondli Makhanya
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Gun violence, police reform and the roots of black economic empowerment dominated a long, hard-nosed episode, with callers and guests arguing for structural fixes over quick political slogans.
- 10:01
The Madlanga Commission postponed MP Fadiel Adams’ testimony to 19 August after late filing of his affidavit and annexures; the chair blasted him for treating the inquiry and Parliament seriously poorly.
- 10:02
The High Court is due to deliver judgment in the Usindiso building mass murder trial, where Stembisom Mzalose is accused of starting the Marshalltown fire that killed 76 people and injured more than 80.
- 11:32
Fourteen suspected illegal miners, most of them Basotho nationals, died in a rockfall at a disused mine near Rustenburg; eight others were injured and some may still be trapped underground.
- 11:21
A panel on mass shootings said South Africa has normalised gun violence, with 99% of murders committed using illegal guns and about 22 firearms reported lost or stolen every day from civilians.
- 10:47
On black economic empowerment, the argument was that the model enriched a few leaders but not broad ownership; a better path proposed was clean venture-capital funding for new entrepreneurs and industries.