NSFAS and student hardship dominated the morning, with a sharp clash over whether the scheme is a disaster, alongside updates on university protests and corruption investigations.

NSFAS corruption findings and the CPUT shutdown dominated a contentious morning of higher-education criticism, with calls for a more decentralised funding model.

A wide-ranging show centred on corruption-fighting tools, leadership discipline, graduate employability, and a strong call for South Africans to talk across political divides.

The episode centred on Johannesburg’s deterioration and public-service failures, with sharp scrutiny of the Masters Office, while ABSA’s results and electricity tariff changes also drew attention.

A heavily current-affairs afternoon led by explosive Madlanga Commission WhatsApp evidence, student unrest at CPUT, and a damning Public Protector report on NSFAS.

Caller-driven debate on which South African traditions should stay or go, alongside interviews on Femio’s gender-cost app, African wine identity, and child car-seat safety.

Madlanga Commission WhatsApp evidence and two major accountability stories dominated, alongside fresh alarms over Johannesburg’s collapse and NSFAS misfunding.

The episode was dominated by explosive Madlanga Commission testimony on alleged covert grabber-deals and corruption links, with a detailed SALGA segment on municipal service delivery and two lighter expert interviews on women in the workplace and psychedelic therapy.

The show was dominated by hard-edged accountability stories: filthy school sanitation, tougher illegal-mining laws, and heavy legal fallout from the Matlala inquiry, with Jason Arday’s death also drawing a deep conversation on race and scrutiny.

South Africa’s new SADC chairmanship dominated the show, with sharp debate on free movement, beneficiation and how the region can turn rhetoric into jobs and trade.