RC 261009SAfmBertha Charuma
Friday, 9 October 2026
Bertha Charuma's Friday show was dominated by the Durban unrest and calls for army deployment, alongside a Think Conversation on whether South Africans still expect politicians to earn their trust.
- 20:01
The KwaZulu-Natal Premier says he has requested Defence Force deployment in Durban after a second day of looting, burning and violence in the city centre tied to protests against undocumented immigration.
- 20:02
Municipalities owe pension funds 1.7 billion rand after deducting employee contributions from salaries without paying them over, and MPs want criminal charges laid against municipal managers.
- 20:04
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned United States sanctions against the International Criminal Court, warning they threaten its ability to deliver justice for victims of international crimes.
- 21:00
Police shot dead three suspected cash-in-transit robbers after a shootout on the N12 near Johannesburg, and two more suspects were arrested in the CBD, with two AK-47 rifles recovered from the vehicle.
- 21:03
Saudi Arabia says three people, including a pilot, were killed in two Houthi attacks on an international airport in Riyadh, the capital.