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Thursday, 13 August 2026
Eskom restructuring sparked the main debate, with the episode also spotlighting Marikana-inspired theatre, a COVID-born engineering business, and singer Rafilwe’s cross-border career.
- 20:20
Eskom’s proposed transmission split would likely weaken the utility’s balance sheet, with Professor Vali Padayachi warning the 110-billion-rand asset transfer could affect lenders, bondholders and borrowing capacity.
- 20:26
Padayachi said the restructuring should be judged by one outcome: cheaper electricity for households, businesses and SMMEs, arguing the new pricing policy must bring down costs.
- 20:45
Ipupo Likabiko is staging Marikana Stilfontein at the Kazakamba Pan-African Theatre Festival on 22 August at 19:30 at the Market Theatre, using theatre, poetry, dance and visual art to link Marikana and Stilfontein.
- 20:50
Shelly Fredericks said FOCT Engineering began in 2021 after COVID wiped out income, and has grown into a Cape Town mechanical engineering company that now trains and employs young artisans.
- 21:24
Rafilwe said her single Done is a breakup song built on a happy, upbeat sound, while Home reflects years studying and performing in the US and missing South Africa.