RC 261027SAfmSakina Kamwendo
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Tuesday's midday show was dominated by the CIDB's push to blacklist more contractors, NUMSA's leadership crisis, and Gauteng's billion-rand losses from leaking, aging water infrastructure.
- 12:03
The National Union of Metal Workers central committee has stripped General Secretary Irvin Jim, President Andrew Chirwa and other national office bearers of their powers ahead of the union's congress on 30 November.
- 12:16
Public Works Minister Dean McPherson says 15 more contractors are being removed from the National Register this month, bringing the total targeted since June 2024 to 75.
- 12:19
Government says some companies won state contracts on fraudulent CIDB grading, and procuring entities should now pursue them civilly and criminally. Morial Infrastructure Group is among those removed.
- 12:56
In Gauteng, nearly half of municipal water is unaccounted for, and the water physically lost over a year equals the entire amount the Western Cape uses, Deputy Minister Jack Bloom says.
- 12:23
McPherson says public sector clients are registering well under 30% of construction projects, with no department fully compliant, and has directed the CIDB to urgently engage all procuring authorities.