RC 260904SAfmBridget Masinga
Friday, 4 September 2026
Heritage Month shaped an episode spanning exile, memory and cultural preservation, alongside political developments, weather warnings, music and new South African reading recommendations.
- 14:00
National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza rejected the MK Party’s request to remove Section 89 committee chairperson Makashule Gana, saying his election followed a fair, transparent process and could not be overridden.
- 13:35
Sculptor and poet Pitika Ntuli recounted 33 years in exile, including a year in solitary confinement where he made sculptures from soap, bread and toilet paper to preserve his sanity.
- 13:58
Ntuli’s women-led, intergenerational foundation launches on 23 September at Freedom Park, combining exhibitions, workshops, masterclasses, youth development, public conversations and digital archives rooted in African indigenous knowledge systems.
- 14:03
The ANC plans to challenge IEC technical failures that left about 181 ward and proportional-representation councillors off its candidate entries, potentially including an application to the Electoral Court.
- 14:43
Book recommendations included Manhood, edited by Sue Nyati, Catherine Peary’s A Love That Heals, and Women Rent Men and Secrets by Nigerian author Dami Yarikoku.