RC 260922SAfmCathy Mohlahlana
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
The episode focused on political and institutional accountability, from ANC candidate-list failures and Mangaung’s uncertain coalition maths to policing, infrastructure vandalism and US-South Africa tensions.
- 07:15
An Eastern Cape ANC dispute over 34 altered candidate-list names has left 181 candidates excluded, including in four municipalities; the province has commissioned a forensic investigation while court challenges continue.
- 08:13
Mangaung’s ANC proportional-representation list remains excluded after a missed deadline, potentially reshaping the council; mayoral candidates debated financial recovery, corruption, infrastructure backlogs and coalition governance.
- 06:57
The Human Rights Commission called copper theft and infrastructure vandalism a human-rights crisis, citing disrupted water, electricity, healthcare, transport and safety, and backed banning cash payments for scrap metal.
- 07:02
A high-ranking police lieutenant-general was due in court on sexual-offence charges involving alleged grooming of a 16-year-old girl and rape of an 18-year-old woman.
- 07:23
South Africa’s diplomatic standoff with Washington intensified after visa restrictions targeting unnamed South Africans; analysts criticised the policy’s broad wording and Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell’s intervention.