RC 260912SAfmKgomotso Matsunyane & Ndumiso Ngcobo
Saturday, 12 September 2026
The episode focused on South Africa’s economic stagnation, a naked mole-rat discovery revealing scent-based reproductive control, and grassroots support for independent artists.
- 07:36
South Africa’s economy contracted by 0.2% in the second quarter, while unemployment and living costs remain severe; the GNU was criticised for lacking creative growth and jobs policies.
- 08:19
University of Pretoria research identified IPM, a chemical enriched in naked mole-rat queens that suppresses reproduction in colony females by altering prolactin and progesterone levels.
- 08:24
Professor Nigel Bennett cautioned that the finding is a biological principle, not a ready-made human contraceptive, though downstream research into prolactin could eventually have medical applications.
- 09:18
Johannesburg collective FABA, founded by Z and Daddy Indica, now brings together more than 60 artists and 12 bands to create without industry gatekeeping or pressure for perfection.
- 09:28
FABA’s 26 September jam session will combine music games, a rap cypher and an open jam, with tickets available through Quicket via the collective’s social-media pages.