RC 261028Power FMMondli Makhanya
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Mondli Makhanya's Wednesday show, seven days before the local elections, covered a Johannesburg wage dispute, Morocco overtaking South Africa on investment, a Tshwane water failure and a court bail ruling.
- 09:01
Fourteen City of Johannesburg union members, affiliated with Samwu, were arrested during a protest over a R10 billion wage agreement, with the union saying payments have been pushed to next year. The members face public violence charges.
- 09:03
Home Affairs will extend office hours ahead of the 4 November local elections, opening 8am to 6pm from 2 to 4 November, and 7am to 9pm on election day to help voters collect or apply for ID documents.
- 09:12
South Africa has slipped to fifth on an investment attractiveness index, with Morocco now fourth. Morocco grew 4.9% last financial year against South Africa's 1.1%, a gap the show linked to industrial policy.
- 11:13
The Human Rights Commission called the Bronkhorstspruit water failure a serious violation of basic human rights, after the City of Tshwane halted chlorination despite a national instruction to increase it.