RC 260921SAfmJoanne Joseph
Monday, 21 September 2026
The episode centred on South Africa’s gender-based violence crisis, while also examining the SABC’s unfunded election mandate, missing pilgrims in Nepal and a Western Cape mpox outbreak.
- 10:36
Cassandra Goodlusa rejected police advice that women restrict their movements, arguing that responsibility must shift to men, institutions and government through sustained behavioural-change campaigns and justice reform.
- 10:13
The SABC has received no funding for local-election coverage despite requesting R150 million; Khadija Patel warned that inadequate public broadcasting threatens voters’ access to information and election integrity.
- 11:12
Twenty-one mpox cases have been recorded nationally this year, including 17 in the Western Cape; 11 provincial cases formed two clusters linked to social gatherings.
- 10:00
No trace has been found of Teresa Governor or the other missing South Africans after 27 days; immigration records indicate the group never re-entered Nepal from Tibet.
- 10:01
Teresa Governor’s family is seeking Chinese authorities’ permission to access the restricted border area and inspect recovered belongings that could clarify where the pilgrimage group disappeared.