Power FM show recaps — locl

Friday's Power Weekend show mixed Kaizer Chiefs fan debate and dating chatter with a 1979 history segment, between long stretches of requested music.

Bronkhorstspruit's water outbreak, with hundreds of children ill and a suspended plant manager, dominated an afternoon that also covered fuel relief for taxis and a Durban murder trial.

Water safety dominated this Friday show, with callers across Gauteng describing boil-water notices and billing disputes, alongside national news on the Madlanga Commission, the SRD grant and Ebola.

Friday's Power Talk centred on Ramaphosa's ring-fencing of municipal water and electricity revenue, a fight over the RAF fuel levy, and Joburg metro police running short of fuel, with listener calls dominated by immigration ahead of the 4 November elections.

Water safety dominated the episode, with Tshwane facing a Public Protector probe and Joburg residents warned off tap water, while fuel levy and grant decisions shaped the morning.

Friday's Power Up was dominated by the Bronkhorstspruit water contamination crisis in Tshwane, with a Public Protector probe and calls for accountability, alongside build-up to the 4 November local elections.

Africa's readiness for Ebola and conflict dominated Friday's Power Zone, alongside an MK Party leadership shake-up and a recurring call to confront our dubious relationship with the truth.

Pastors bidding for state tenders dominated this Power Perspective episode, with a panel split on whether faith leaders should do government business, alongside a tribute to longtime caller Baba Masuku.

A business-focused edition led by Spear REIT's raised growth guidance, rising medical aid costs and the revised local government white paper, with a sharp debate on media ownership.

Water safety dominated the afternoon, with Pretoria CBD contamination concerns leading, alongside the Soweto teacher bail story and fresh evidence in the AKA and Tibbs murder trial.

Courtroom developments dominated the episode, with Suliman Carrim facing further charges and a bail hearing pushed to 30 October, alongside Durban and Senzo Meyiwa trial evidence and a Bronkhorstspruit water crisis.

Talk and news focused on a Soweto teacher's rape case and court appearance, Suliman Carrim's custody and fraud charges, a ghost-worker crackdown, and fuel levy relief ahead of the 4 November local elections.

The Bronkhorstspruit water crisis dominated, as the deputy minister of water and sanitation dissected how a chlorine shortage at a failing plant left over 400 people ill.

Fuel relief from the midterm budget and SAFA's decision to pay its officials' legal costs dominated the Thursday show, alongside sharp caller debate over sports governance and municipal accountability.

Power Zone's late-night episode covered the mid-term budget's temporary fuel levy relief, debate over conspicuous spending among young people, women's boundaries, and an AI learning app for struggling learners.

Tributes to the late listener Baba Masuku framed the show, before a sobering panel on election-season political killings and a fresh debate on executive pay.

Budget-day episode of Power Business dominated by the mini-budget: new gender-based violence funding, a renewed fuel levy cut and upgraded tax revenue, with Famous Brands' interim results and the Soweto rape case also in focus.

Fuel levy relief costing about R10 billion dominated the midterm budget speech, alongside new funding for gender-based violence services and renewed concern over a Soweto rape allegation involving a primary school teacher.

The mid-term budget speech dominated, with a temporary fuel levy cut, a downgraded 1.2% growth forecast and higher tax revenue, alongside Shadrack Sibiya's denied bail and a Soweto teacher's suspension.

Godongwana's mini-budget and fuel-price relief pressure dominated Power Talk, alongside the Bronkhorstspruit water failure, the Khampepe Commission and a correctional-services force report.

Shadrack Sibiya's denied bail and the Tshwane water crisis dominated Wednesday's Power Breakfast, with SAPS firearm losses and electric vehicle uptake also in focus.

Tshwane's water crisis dominated, with infections falling but tap water still unsafe, alongside Ramaphosa's warning on coalition governments and a debate on the rising cost of dating.

Heavy episode dominated by Khulumani's Marjorie Jobson on the TRC's unfinished business and reparations, plus analysis of ANC-DA tensions in the GNU ahead of the 4 November local elections.

Tshwane's unchlorinated water crisis dominated the evening, alongside a tribute to long-time caller Baba Masuku and the SANDF's halted Cuba military project.

Tuesday's Power Business previewed Wednesday's medium-term budget amid fuel-price pressure, while a Tshwane water crisis and Nedbank's completed NCBA takeover dominated the day's business and news.

Tshwane's contaminated-water crisis, the Usindiso fire trial delay and the denial of bail to ex-deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya dominated this afternoon's Power Drive.

Mbeki's Khampepe Commission testimony and the Bronkhorstspruit water crisis dominated Power Lunch, with callers split on whether past political compromises should be questioned.

Shadrack Sibiya's denied bail dominated the morning, with Limpopo police arrests, a taxi boss's court case and a steel firm's business story also featuring in the show.

A Tshwane water contamination outbreak, a Limpopo police corruption arrest and Cosatu's push for fuel price relief dominated this Tuesday's POWER Breakfast.

Auditor-General findings on education spending, Limpopo police arrests and a deadly Umlazi truck crash dominated, with a sharp focus on public money and accountability.

Local election pressure dominated this overnight POWER Zone, with a Bronkhorstspruit water contamination outbreak, the EFF's municipal manifesto, and the IEC's disinformation push all unpacked on air.

Tshwane's contaminated-water gastro outbreak dominated the evening, alongside a Constitutional Court ruling that let the ANC's candidates stand and a debate over the IEC's election credibility.

A Tshwane water outbreak affecting hundreds of children dominated Power Business, alongside fuel relief pressures and a sharp rise in digital banking fraud.

Former president Thabo Mbeki's TRC testimony dominated the day, while a chlorine failure left Tshwane's Brongo Spruit residents told not to use their tap water.

Mbeki's TRC-inquiry testimony and Suliman Carrim's reserved bail ruling led the news, while callers debated a chained-patient rehab centre and raising children who can't be bought.

Dominated by Thabo Mbeki's testimony at the Khampepe Commission on apartheid-era prosecutions, with Masemola's reinstatement and fresh local election polling also in focus.

Monday's Power Breakfast led with National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola's return to work after his suspension was lifted, alongside Mbeki's TRC testimony and warnings that most South Africans will not retire comfortably.

Monday's Power Up was dominated by fallout over National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola's reinstatement, alongside Madlanga Commission scrutiny, a rugby tragedy and election-season debates.

A news-heavy Power Zone episode dominated by state accountability, from a former minister's aide and a SARS tax dispute to a debate on cadre deployment and a budget preview.

Sunday's Power Beats hour went deep on the Seychelles in Roots, Rhythm and Life, and closed with Business Insider SA's 2026 ranking of Africa's most investable markets.

A politics-heavy Sunday instalment dominated by the run-up to the 4 November local elections, with grant payment changes, private security vetting and medicine safety also in focus.

Mostly music and 1983 nostalgia on a Friday night, with Misa opposing higher Gauteng vehicle fees and the host expressing outrage over an alleged chaining at a drug rehab centre.

A day dominated by Suliman Carrim's arrest at OR Tambo and postponed case, alongside IEC ballot changes and National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola's return to office.

Politics dominated Friday's POWER Lunch: reinstated ANC candidates, the police commissioner's return, and Suliman Carrim's court appearance, alongside a listener debate on Grade 1 failures.

Masemola's reinstatement, a Constitutional Court ruling that forces ballot reprints, and the ANC's push against the DA in the GNU dominated this Friday's Power Talk ahead of the local elections.

Friday's show centred on the Constitutional Court ruling that restored ANC candidate lists disqualified by the IEC, with Madlanga Commission and fuel levy news also making the morning.

Friday's Power Up was dominated by fallout from a Constitutional Court ruling restoring 181 ANC candidates ahead of the 4 November local government elections, with callers debating accountability and fairness.

Friday's Power Zone was dominated by fallout from a court ruling on ANC candidate lists and fears for the IEC, alongside a debate on who controls Africa's energy future.

Colleen Makhubele's Thursday show dissected matric dance extravagance and South Africa's R500-billion celebration culture, while the Constitutional Court's ANC candidate-list ruling drew strong open-line reaction.

Localisation of bus manufacturing and a KPMG insurance survey dominated this Thursday's Power Business, with a Labour Appeal Court ruling on constructive dismissal and a rand-focused market wrap also featuring.