RC 261018SAfmKgomotso Matsunyane & Ndumiso Ngcobo
Sunday, 18 October 2026
Coalition instability, shifted grant payment dates ahead of the 4 November vote, and the mental health cost of telling unemployed young people to just be resilient dominated this Sunday's Alternative Breakfast.
- 09:01
SASA has moved social grant payment dates ahead of the 4 November elections: older persons grant on 30 October, disability grant on 2 November, children's grant on 3 November.
- 09:24
Young people expected to simply be resilient show declining well-being, with more reported depression, suicidal ideation and anxiety, according to a University of Pretoria resilience researcher.
- 07:43
Johannesburg's mayoral chain has changed no less than 10 times in the last decade, and the guest argued this instability directly drives service delivery failures that hit poor households hardest.
- 07:47
Coalition deals should be written, publishing a funded programme of action and a dispute-resolution process before posts are handed out, the guest argued.