RC 261110Power FMKea Ncube
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
Coalition talks in hung municipalities, a stalled national Hawks appointment and a WHO push for tougher food labelling dominated this Tuesday's Power Up, alongside relationship and menstrual health segments.
- 03:21
The KZN police commissioner backed for national Hawks head is supported by the FF Plus, but the unit has 2,515 vacant posts, about 1,500 of them investigator positions, and cabinet has yet to decide.
- 03:46
The leading party in eThekwini won 86 of 223 council seats, 26 short of the 112 needed for a majority, with the DA second on 57 and two weeks of coalition talks ahead.
- 03:12
Registered customary marriages fell 25.5% to 2,634 in 2024 from 3,537 the year before, though the figure does not capture every negotiation or customary process.
- 03:58
The WHO's draft proposal would flag industrially produced foods high in sugar, salt or fats, plus added colours, flavours and sweeteners, and the food industry is pushing back ahead of comments closing on 27 November.
- 03:17
Male factor infertility contributes to around 40% of South African couples struggling to conceive, and most male cases present as sub-fertile, with suboptimal semen parameters lowering natural conception chances.