Monday, 10 August 2026

Ramaphosa said women still live in fear, linked the struggle to 1956, and called gender-based violence a national disaster while promising wider access to procurement, finance, land and health care.

NUM rejected the president’s approval of Eskom’s split, calling it rushed privatisation under World Bank pressure and warning it could weaken the utility, threaten jobs and push up electricity pain for poor households.

Hawks investigators seized 12 firearms from two security companies in a mining-killings probe; the case centres on deaths linked to a mining dispute, with no arrests yet.

A Johannesburg poll put the ANC at 18%, down from 30% in March, while the DA led on 42%; analysts said voter fatigue and trust deficits are now the biggest campaign problem.

The show also revisited the 1956 women’s march, adding seven more names to the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation roll call and urging families to come forward with photos and memories of the protesters.