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The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) has launched its 2026 COALITIONS BAROMETER. The barometer include data sets on coalition formations, termination, party roles, coalition typology, governance outcomes and more. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Researcher in the Humanity faculty at Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), Laurence Caromba...

Eskom says its financial and operational recovery is beginning to take a structural shape, giving the power utility a stronger platform to drive economic reform and adapt to a changing electricity market. Eskom appeared before Parliament's Electricity and Energy Portfolio Committee to table its annual report for the 2025/26 financial year, reporting a 30-point-three-billion-rand profit. The utility says the improvement comes despite pressure on electricity sales volumes, while government says Eskom's recovery is important to the broader economy. Mkhokheli Bandla reports... 

With less than four weeks to go before election day, the IFP took its election campaign to Denver Hostel in Johannesburg yesterday. The party's KwaZulu-Natal chairperson and KZN Premier, Thami Ntuli, together with IFP Johannesburg mayoral candidate, Mlungisi Mabaso, have urged residents to come out in large numbers and vote for the IFP in the City of Johannesburg. Ntuli says his party should be judged by its track record. Sibahle Motha reports.

For families living in informal settlements, heavy rain can bring a familiar worry: leaking roofs, flooded floors and another night spent trying to keep the water out. Across South Africa, thousands of people are still waiting for decent housing. In Cape Town, questions about where homes should be built and how quickly projects can be delivered have come into sharp focus ahead of the Local Government Elections. But for many residents, the question is far simpler: when will they finally get a home of their own? Shamiela Fisher reports… 

The majority of members of the Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system have agreed that the testimony of self-proclaimed political fixer, Brown Mogotsi, cannot be trusted and admitted in the final report without further scrutiny. This emerged during the deliberations of the committee's draft report. Yesterday  marked a year since KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi who made the allegations, was the first witness to testify before the committee. Abongwe Kobokana reports.

Banyana Banyana meet Madagascar on Friday in their first qualifying match for the 2028 Women's Football at the Olympic Games. Both legs will be played in Bloemfontein with the return leg on Tuesday. It's a simple two-leg knockout competition with the final two sides booking their places in Los Angeles. SAfm's sports Anchor Jon Gericke Has more 

This Wednesday, SAfm anchor Sakina Kamwendo once again spoke to  ABSA's Investment Analyst Motheo Maphosa, for the latest market update.

The bail application of suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Shadrack Sibiya has been postponed to next week Tuesday by the Randburg Magistrate's Court. The court heard an affidavit by Sibiya's wife, Sizakele Dlamini. This after Investigating Officer Ndlovu concluded her cross examination. Sibiya faces multiple charges, including the alleged sexual grooming of a sixteen-year-old girl, rape, human trafficking and the contravention of the firearms control act. Lieutenant General was arrested last month at a Strip Club in Sandton, north of Johannesburg

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to officially launch the CSIR's FuturePharma facility in Pretoria today. The facility is aimed at boosting South Africa's capacity to develop and manufacture medicines locally, including active pharmaceutical ingredients. For further discussion Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Chief Researcher at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Dr Jenny-Lee Panayides.

Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says load reduction has been eliminated in seven of South Africa's nine provinces, with Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal still facing challenges. Ramokgopa briefed the media saying government is working with municipalities to expand electricity infrastructure and ensure there is enough capacity to meet growing demand. He says addressing illegal connections is also a priority, as communities need reliable access to electricity.