The Full Circle
Bridget Masinga · Mon–Fri · 13:00–15:00 SAST. A daily recap of what the show covered, cited to the broadcast minute.
Latest recap · Tuesday, 4 August 2026
The episode was dominated by hard-news updates from the Madlanga Commission, alongside a strong Artscape Women’s Humanity Festival preview and a practical political and health explainer segment.
- 13:19
At the Madlanga Commission, Deputy Director Peter Sarunyé said the magistrate in Lieutenant General Dumisani Kumalo’s case was unconvinced the state had a strong fraud case and noted a junior prosecutor had been allocated without his knowledge.
- 13:33
Artscape’s 20th Women’s Humanity Festival marks 20 years and 70 years since the 1956 women’s march, with a ‘Women in Action’ theme, a commemorative walk, and focus on gender-based violence, femicide and disability inclusion.
- 13:38
The festival programme includes drag performances, choirs, a 1,000 Women’s gathering, ‘Healing Together’ workshops on masculinity and femininity, and a menopause screening with discussion of women’s workplace realities.
- 13:49
Art Joburg returns for its 19th edition from 4 to 6 September at the Sandton Convention Centre, with 19 African countries represented and a push to treat the fair as a marketplace that sustains artists’ livelihoods.
- 14:46
Professor Dirk Kutzer explained that councillors are chosen through ward and proportional representation ballots, while mayors are elected by the council itself, often through coalition arrangements where no party has a majority.