RC 260812SAfmCathy Mohlahlana
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
The morning was dominated by South Africa’s unemployment crisis, the Fadiel Adams/Madlanga Commission controversy, and a rolling weather-and-traffic update, before turning into a lively SAFM 90th-birthday reflection with John Perlman.
- 07:02
Cosatu said the official unemployment rate’s rise to 33.6% is a crisis, with youth unemployment over 62% and 12 million people unable to find work.
- 06:19
Parliament said Fadiel Adams’s claim that his issued laptop had been faulty for 18 months was not backed by ICT records, which showed only routine password and access requests.
- 07:03
The Madlanga Commission heard that a section 281 application in the Medicare 24 probe was prepared before the section 27 referral to IDAC, deepening scrutiny of the 360 million rand SAPS health tender.
- 07:33
Severe weather brought heavy rain, flooding and crashes in Durban, while protests blocked major routes in the Nkobo area of the Eastern Cape, disrupting travel across several provinces.