RC 260809SAfm
Sunday, 9 August 2026
Women's Day special on SAfm mixed live coverage of President Ramaphosa’s Union Buildings address with headlines on Julius Malema’s prosecution, Langa killings and a South African woman detained in the US.
- 13:01
Julius Malema is set to face criminal prosecution for crime and injuria after Afri Forum’s representations to the NPA succeeded over his 2025 remarks about a school principal and the rape of a minor.
- 13:44
Ramaphosa used the Union Buildings Women’s Day speech to anchor the 70th commemoration of the 1956 march, praising the 20,000 women who presented petitions with more than 100,000 signatures.
- 14:12
He urged stronger action on gender-based violence, saying GBV and femicide had been classified as a national disaster and that men and boys must say, “not in my name.”
- 13:06
A pregnant South African woman, Marbile Malangeni, remains in US immigration custody after being arrested at Las Vegas airport for allegedly overstaying her visa while visiting her fiancé.