RC 260910SAfmJon Gericke
Thursday, 10 September 2026
The episode centred on the ANC’s disputed election candidate-list submission, alongside stories of disability activism and Orania’s experiment in cultural and economic self-reliance.
- 22:12
Political analyst Mechi Mokoba said the ANC’s late, incomplete candidate-list submission showed serious organisational failure, damaging its credibility and potentially leaving voters without ANC candidates in some wards.
- 22:26
Mokoba said allowing the ANC to revise its list would undermine the Electoral Act and fairness, since every party would need the same opportunity and election legitimacy could suffer.
- 22:52
Amputee activist King Nepo has walked 2,700 kilometres of a planned 5,000-kilometre South African journey, raising disability awareness and funds for sports facilities, disability programmes and housing the homeless.
- 23:41
Orania says it receives no municipal funding from the state, instead financing services through local initiatives including recycling, the ura exchange system, solar power and battery storage.
- 23:46
Orania’s local elections have no political parties: candidates stand as individuals, receive no formal salaries and remain directly accountable to the community for their promises and performance.