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Friday, 16 October 2026
Friday's Power Up was dominated by fallout from a Constitutional Court ruling restoring 181 ANC candidates ahead of the 4 November local government elections, with callers debating accountability and fairness.
- 03:20
The Constitutional Court ruled in the ANC's favour, ordering the IEC to reinstate 181 excluded ANC candidates on ballots in six municipalities before the 4 November local government elections.
- 03:24
The IEC has identified 23 other parties in circumstances comparable to the ANC's, having captured their details, complaint lists and deposits before the deadline, and says it is considering how to treat them.
- 05:02
Cosato welcomed Transport Minister Barbara Creasy's move to block a proposed 75 cents per litre fuel levy increase, a 33% rise, and is calling for further fuel relief before the November price adjustment.
- 03:12
A former gang leader has been sentenced to at least 40 years in prison for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, 30 years after the rapper was shot in Las Vegas.