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Monday, 17 August 2026
AGOA’s extension, a stark Ekurhuleni school sanitation crisis, and a long conversation on rebuilding South Africa’s industrial base dominated the episode.
- 20:16
US Senate backed extending AGOA, keeping duty-free access for more than 1,800 African goods to the US market; South Africa’s inclusion still depends on House approval and presidential sign-off.
- 20:43
Villa Lisa Secondary School in Ekurhuleni has 2,068 learners sharing 16 toilets, with only seven boys’ and nine girls’ toilets usable; Equal Education called it unacceptable and a rights violation.
- 20:51
Equal Education said Gauteng’s overcrowding response is too narrow, relying on mobile classrooms while sanitation, water and maintenance collapse; it wants clearer national definitions, deadlines and better funding.
- 21:23
Dr Kwezi Mabasa argued industrial revival must prioritise manufacturing, concessional finance, stronger SMME support and labour-market policies that reskill workers instead of deepening unemployment.
- 20:24
The Brahma Kumaris segment framed feminine qualities as softness, compassion, intuition and meditation-led calm, with the guest saying “I am peace. I am love. I am light.”