RC 260901SAfmKoketso Sachane
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Youth unemployment dominated the episode, with debate over economic policy, education, cooperatives and the state’s responsibility to create livelihoods, alongside Soul City’s return to television.
- 21:11
South Africa’s youth unemployment rate was reported at 62.8%, with Professor Salim Vali calling the crisis an emergency rooted in weak economic growth and insufficient job creation.
- 21:20
Vali argued that relying on private investment and foreign capital has failed, citing corporate cash reserves, offshore profits and retrenchments while proposing cooperatives and socially useful work.
- 20:54
Soul City has returned to SABC 1 after 12 years off air; CEO Fina Korisang said UK funding enabled the programme’s revival and that edutainment remains relevant to young people.
- 20:58
Mrs South Africa finalist Gavaza Mongwe said women should reject the idea that marriage or age limits their ambitions, arguing that women’s ability to evolve and achieve is limitless.
- 21:54
Vali warned that prolonged unemployment could fuel anger, xenophobia and political scapegoating, urging South Africans to confront structural inequality rather than blaming migrants or individuals.