RC 261021SAfmJoanne Joseph
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Bronkhorstspruit's contaminated-water crisis, which made over 400 residents ill, dominated the show, with sharp questions on missing chlorine and who will be held accountable.
- 09:40
Deputy Minister David Mahlobo says Tshwane ran out of chlorine around 24 to 25 September yet kept pumping untreated water into homes, and the plant was later shut down.
- 09:34
Over 400 residents fell ill from the contaminated water, most of them young children under four, and Tshwane's mayor has taken full responsibility for what happened.
- 09:55
Mahlobo says a National Water Act amendment now before Parliament would make municipal leaders personally liable for pollution, and Tshwane has opened a case with the department.
- 10:11
KwaZulu-Natal's investment conference recorded R124.5 billion in pledges, beating the province's R95 billion target, Premier Thami Ntuli told listeners.
- 09:15
The SANDF has reportedly been told to stop Project Khala, its Cuban specialist programme to repair military equipment, which the Auditor-General flagged over R279 million in irregular expenditure.