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Friday, 11 September 2026
Bongi Kwala’s Friday edition focused on corruption and capacity across correctional services, BRICS, state-owned enterprises and South Africa’s public service.
- 10:13
The Correctional Services portfolio committee said officials caught smuggling contraband should be dismissed immediately, while inadequate scanners, overcrowding and staff shortages continue to undermine prison security.
- 10:43
BRICS was described as a loose, issue-based platform seeking a more multipolar global order, with trade in local currencies already reducing reliance on the US dollar.
- 09:14
Transnet reported a R4.6 billion profit for the year ended March 2026, reversing a R1.9 billion loss, prompting questions about whether state-owned entities are genuinely turning around.
- 11:41
Public Service Commission chair Somadoda Fikeni said professionalisation, integrity testing, whistleblower protection and integrated recruitment data are being used to rebuild state capacity and curb patronage.
- 11:55
The second Professor Stan Sangweni memorial lecture will be delivered by former president Kgalema Motlanthe at Freedom Park on Sunday, with online streaming available.