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Coalition arithmetic dominated the airwaves as parties raced the 14-day deadline to form governments in more than 130 hung councils, with nearly every station's bulletins tracking who was talking to whom. President Ramaphosa's AI trip to Silicon Valley ran alongside, while the deaths of entertainer Eddie Eckstein and eNCA reporter Nabila Shaik prompted tributes on several stations. On the sports d...

The coalition scramble after the gazetting of newly elected councillors dominated news bulletins across the stations, with the SACP's hard line against the DA repeated hour after hour. The Madlanga Commission's cocaine-brick evidence ran almost everywhere. Sport desks swung from gloom to relief as the Springboks lost in Paris, then got an unexpected lifeline from Cardiff.

Testimony from the Madlanga Commission led bulletins on almost every station, while the formal end of the local government elections set off a coalition scramble across more than 130 hung councils. Sport desks spent the weekend picking over a narrow Springbok defeat in Paris, and SAfm marked World Diabetes Day with a long listener conversation about what one guest called the country's silent kille...

Friday's radio was dominated by two running stories: the Madlanga Commission's turn to alleged corruption in the Johannesburg Metro Police Department, and the ANC's coalition reckoning after its worst election since 1994. Both ran across almost every station. A global Microsoft outage, the killing of a Greytown station commander and Joburg's chlorine-starved pools filled out a busy news day. Sport...

Coalition arithmetic dominated the airwaves, with stations across the country tracking the ANC's post-election soul-searching and the scramble to govern 138 hung councils. The Madlanga Commission supplied the day's most startling quote, while a global Microsoft outage gave presenters an unusually personal story. A rare Friday double-header for Bafana Bafana and the Springboks, and a tribute to Sib...

Coalition politics dominated the airwaves a week after the local government elections. The ANC's special NEC meeting, a new left-wing bloc and DA–ActionSA talks were covered in bulletins on nearly every station. The Madlanga Commission held its grip with a senior intelligence official's testimony, while sport shows turned on the governance crises in swimming and athletics, and the shock resignatio...

The Madlanga Commission dominated news bulletins across nearly every station. Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala wrapped up a combative stint on the stand, and the country's acting intelligence coordinator followed him with a stark warning about organised crime inside the state. Coalition arithmetic after the local elections ran a close second as the ANC's NEC gathered in Boksburg. On the sports pages, Tatjan...

Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala's testimony at the Madlanga Commission dominated bulletins on almost every station, with fresh allegations against former police minister Bheki Cele. Tatjana Smith's decision to swim for the Netherlands moved beyond the sports desks into open-line debate about how South Africa treats its athletes. Coalition manoeuvring after the local government elections and grim new unempl...

The Madlanga Commission dominated bulletins on almost every station, as Vusimuzi Matlala's testimony shifted again, this time towards claims of extortion and fabricated affidavits. Post-election coalition manoeuvring in Johannesburg and grim new unemployment figures kept the political temperature high. Tatjana Smith's decision to swim for the Netherlands crossed from sports desks into callers' com...

Fallout from last week's local government elections dominated the airwaves, as stations tracked coalition manoeuvring across about 138 hung councils with the clock ticking. Vusimuzi Matlala's testimony at the Madlanga Commission ran through nearly every newsroom, and Stats SA's latest jobless figures gave the day a sobering economic backdrop.

Coalition arithmetic and the Madlanga Commission dominated SA radio. Vusimuzi Matlala's admission that he gave Shadrack Sibiya R500,000 ran on almost every bulletin, while the Mashaba–Zille standoff over Johannesburg fuelled listener calls from Cape Talk to Power FM. Stats SA's latest jobless figures landed in the afternoon, and Cape Talk listeners described chronic medicine stockouts at public cl...

The final local government election results dominated radio. Stations moved quickly from the ANC's historic low to the coalition horse-trading now under way across a record number of hung councils. Vusimuzi Matlala's return to the Madlanga Commission ran a close second and crossed almost every newsroom. The arrest of nine foreign nationals allegedly bound for the Russia-Ukraine war added an unusua...

The official declaration of the 2026 local government election results dominated almost every station. Analysts and callers focused on the ANC's steep decline, the record number of hung councils and the coalition talks that began within hours. The Madlanga Commission's return to public hearings with Vusimuzi Matlala back on the stand ran a close second. Football fans got a blockbuster Carling Knoc...

The final declaration of the 2026 local government elections dominated every news station, with the IEC's 'free and fair' verdict and a hung-council landscape pushing coalition bargaining to the top of the agenda. A darker thread also ran through the bulletins: political killings, led by the shooting of a UDM councillor in Motherwell. Away from politics, the Springboks' rout of Italy gave sports d...

The local government election count dominated every station's bulletins as the IEC prepared to declare final results at 6pm, with more than 130 hung councils and a historic ANC slump setting up two weeks of coalition bargaining. The killing of a UDM councillor in Gqeberha brought the issue of political violence back on air, while the Springboks' rout of Italy led the sports desks. Weekend shows al...

The local government election count dominated every news bulletin. Stations tracked the ANC's slide below 31%, the scramble for coalitions in hung metros and a pile of objections ahead of Sunday's 6pm declaration. The killing of a UDM councillor in Motherwell put political violence back on air, while the Springboks' nine-try rout in Turin and weekend book and weather segments broke up the results-...

The local government election count dominated almost every bulletin and phone-in, with stations tracking the ANC's slide to around 31%, the spread of hung councils and the first coalition manoeuvring. The MK Party's challenge to the eThekwini count added a dispute over the results, while the Springboks' rout of Italy in Turin lifted the afternoon sports desks. Beyond the ballot, stations also pick...

The local government election count dominated almost every station: the ANC slid to about 31%, seven of eight metros are heading for coalition government, and parties began positioning for negotiations. Away from the results centres, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla's failed bid to have her terrorism-related charges dropped crossed multiple newsrooms, while a Wall Street tech rout and the Springboks' tour o...

The local government election count dominated every station. Results pointed to a historic slide for the ANC, a DA surge across Gauteng, and a country full of hung councils heading into two weeks of coalition bargaining. Away from the Results Operations Centre, the Durban High Court's ruling against Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, the fallout from the US midterms and the Springboks' trip to Turin also cro...

The local government election count dominated every station, as results trickled in from Midrand and Century City and parties began bracing for a wave of hung councils and coalition talks. The scale of the Democrats' midterm win in the US ran a close second, rattling markets and prompting fresh discussion of South Africa's loss of AGOA access. Away from politics, stations turned to the Springboks'...

The first day of counting in the 2026 local government elections dominated every station, with live leaderboards, early victory claims and talk of hung councils running from dawn bulletins to the afternoon. The US midterm results were the main international story, and Bafana Bafana's Afcon squad and a strong showing in the CAF Awards nominations led sport. Tshwane's water crisis and a disputed fue...

Voting day in South Africa's local government elections dominated every station, with live crossings from queues, polling-station complaints and early talk of hung councils running from dawn to the first results after midnight. The other big thread came from Washington: a Democratic sweep of the US midterms was tied on air to South Africa's exit from AGOA. Away from the polls, Sundowns' cup progre...

Local government election day took over the airwaves, with every station running live crossings from queues, IEC briefings and party leaders' polling stations. Two pieces of US news ran alongside the vote on air: the Democrats' sweep of Congress and South Africa's removal from AGOA. Ramaphosa linked them when he suggested the midterm result could thaw strained ties with Washington. Water outages i...

The eve of the 2026 local government elections dominated every station, as special voting wrapped up amid reports of disruptions, arrests and political violence. Washington's decision to remove South Africa from AGOA landed on the same day and became the second big story across radio, with debate over whether the timing was meant to sway voters. The Springboks' return and a long-running water cris...

Election eve and Washington's decision to drop South Africa from AGOA dominated the airwaves, with almost every station running both stories through the day. In Cape Town, a fragile taxi truce brought some relief. The lottery licence ruling and the Springboks' trip to Turin rounded out a heavily news-driven day.