The National Briefing
Cathy Mohlahlana · Mon–Fri · 06:00–09:00 SAST. A daily recap of what the show covered, cited to the broadcast minute.
Latest recap · Tuesday, 4 August 2026
Election registration, land expropriation battles, and governance disputes dominated a packed morning of hard news and listener reaction, with a notable public health milestone closing the show.
- 06:55
The IEC says more than 29 million people are now on the voters’ roll after the final registration weekend, with roughly 1.7 million interactions and about half of new registrants under 30.
- 07:12
The Western Cape High Court challenge to the Expropriation Act continued, with AfriForum, the DA and the IRR arguing sections on nil compensation and uncompensated expropriation are unconstitutional.
- 07:24
Cape Town formally declared an intergovernmental dispute with acting police minister Feroz Kachalia over metro police investigative powers; Gordon Hill-Lewis wants detectives’ powers devolved, not just public-order policing.
- 06:49
Child maintenance payments due in July are still missing despite salary deductions, and campaigners say the Justice Department has not explained a possible cyber-security incident or system failure.
- 08:56
Wits’ transplant programme marked its 1,000th liver transplant, with more than a third done on children and the team reporting successful HIV-positive donor transplants after ethical clearance.