RC 261027Power FMKefentse Mkhari
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Local elections dominated this Power Zone episode, with Rise Mzansi's Johannesburg plans and Cosatu's warning on 43% unemployment and a cut growth forecast framing the economic discussion.
- 01:48
Treasury cut its growth forecast for this year from 1.6% to 1.2% in last week's budget statement, Cosatu's Matthew Parks told listeners, as unemployment remains at 43%.
- 01:49
Municipal debt owed to Eskom is about R120 billion and growing by R20 billion a year, Parks said, arguing that electricity affordability and local government finances are essential to growth.
- 00:46
Rise Mzansi's Lawrence Manaka said the party would collapse Johannesburg's city entities such as Johannesburg Water and the JRA, arguing their boards shield political deployees from accountability.
- 01:07
Rise Mzansi would replace roadblocks with evidence-based policing, using crime data to deploy metro police to hotspots, while arguing SAPS holds the core mandate for keeping cities safe.