RC 260821SAfmJoanne Joseph

Friday, 21 August 2026

The show was dominated by hard-news interviews on corruption inquiries, service delivery and business-government reform, with long side debates on school language policy and women's sport.

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  1. 10:01

    Fidel Adams returned to the Madlanga Commission, corrected parts of yesterday’s evidence about opening dockets at the Holando police station, and apologised for being ill-prepared.

  2. 09:40

    The SA Human Rights Commission found Motlasana municipality violated residents’ rights by ending a paraffin-based domestic energy programme for about 17,600 households without providing an alternative.

  3. 09:51

    UNISA’s urgent bid to force Ednews.africa to remove stories about staff deaths and workload pressure was struck off the urgent court roll with punitive costs, boosting the outlet’s media-freedom argument.

  4. 10:13

    Operation Vulindlela’s phase three will keep government and business working together toward more than 3% GDP growth and an extra million jobs by 2030, with 160 CEOs already signed up.

  5. 10:36

    Political Campaigns Resource Hub said 17 million South Africans are “missing voters”, and argued that rallies, t-shirts and giveaways rarely change turnout unless parties use data and direct contact.