RC 260816Power FMSello Hatang
Sunday, 16 August 2026
The episode mixed hard news with two long-form interviews: Marikana justice and unemployment dominated the first half, before a deep dive into SASCOC leadership and South African sport.
- 09:06
Families of the 34 miners killed at Marikana in 2012 are still waiting for answers, accountability and justice; the NUM says no successful prosecutions have been made after 14 years.
- 09:19
A political reporter said the Constitutional Court bid to overturn the ATM’s challenge on the Phala Phala impeachment process failed, leaving Parliament to continue preparing while the president’s review is awaited.
- 09:50
Unemployment was framed as a structural failure of South Africa’s colonial-era, mineral-extraction economy, with Stats SA’s latest figures put at 33.7% overall and about 47% for young people.
- 11:49
SASCoc CEO Nozipo Jafta said sport must be a government priority, with school sport and clubs revived, women’s representation deliberately protected, and federations judged on governance to attract sponsors.