RC 260819Power FMMondli Makhanya
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
NSFAS corruption, the SACP’s first solo election pitch, and fresh revelations at the Madlanga Commission dominated a packed morning of hard news and analysis.
- 11:09
Public protector findings put NSFAS under renewed pressure: 40,000 students were wrongly funded at a cost of about R5.1 billion, with calls to decentralise administration back to universities and overhaul the Act.
- 10:15
The SACP said it will contest elections nationally for the first time on its own, campaigning on basic municipal services, jobs, public transport and taking back outsourced functions from private contractors.
- 10:49
The Madlanga Commission heard allegations that suspended crime intelligence sergeant Fannie Nkosi used police credentials in a commercial surveillance and jamming-tech scheme linked to the alleged Big Five cartel.
- 11:38
Economist Azar Jameen said the AGOA extension to 2028 is welcome but not transformative, arguing South Africa’s bigger problem is weak investment, crime, corruption and poor infrastructure.