RC 260830SAfm
Sunday, 30 August 2026
SAfm Rewind examined South Africa’s democratic crisis, a government-business growth partnership, Justice Department failures and the psychology behind eating habits.
- 20:09
The Justice Department referred a R415 million digitisation contract linked to the Pretoria Master’s Office to the SIU and Hawks for investigation after records became inaccessible.
- 20:21
Analysts Imran Bacchus and Angelo Fick warned that declining trust, ineffective local participation and political despair are deepening South Africa’s democratic deficit ahead of local elections.
- 20:45
Operation Vulindlela’s phase three targets growth above 3% by 2030 and one million additional jobs, with government and business focusing on agriculture, mining, tourism, infrastructure and other sectors.
- 20:49
Registered dietitian Lerato Okhadaba said food habits begin in infancy, with eating often associated with comfort and reward; meaningful weight loss therefore requires examining psychology, not just following meal plans.
- 20:58
Okhadaba cautioned against treating isolated online nutrition studies as universal rules, explaining that hospital saline treatment is an exception and does not justify broadly increasing salt intake.