Power FM show recaps — locl

Power Lunch focused on service-delivery failures, workplace sexual harassment, electricity costs and how South Africa should prepare children for the future.

Power Talk focused on Eskom’s municipal debt crisis, political accountability, election participation, foreign-policy strategy and the case for a dignified living wage.

Gender-based violence, international drug cartels, declining democratic trust and accountability dominated the episode, alongside major Proteas and netball developments.

A feel-good Friday episode combined South African sports ambitions, Heritage Weekend ideas and Lusanda’s rise from ballet and viral covers to Spotify recognition.

The episode examined Africa’s push for a permanent UN Security Council seat, while a wide-ranging Creative Zone interview traced Muzi Mbuzi’s journey from football to music.

Heritage Day reflections moved from township identity and cultural fusion to South Africa’s mounting stress, violence and a celebration of Tsonga music legend Dr Thomas Chauke.

A Heritage Day special examined how South African food and wine can become sustainable, commercially successful cultural industries while ensuring value reaches their communities.

Heritage Day coverage centred on gender-based violence, contested crime statistics, accountability failures, and how South Africa can turn culture, skills and heritage into economic opportunity.

Heritage Day reflections centred on gender-based violence, rising household costs, modern African fashion and a wide-ranging conversation with music legend Don Laka.

Heritage Day conversations examined election tolerance, neglected memorial sites, Eskom’s coming competitive market, and women’s role in preserving indigenous knowledge.

Heritage Day programming centred on South Africa’s contested national identity, while election rules, mass violence, economic pressure and struggling civic organisations dominated the news agenda.

Heritage Day celebrations were balanced by urgent debate over violence, respect, Ubuntu and South Africa’s political and economic pressures.

Heritage Day reflections centred on violence against women, preserving cultural identity, and practical warnings about illegal streaming apps and cybercrime.

A Mpumalanga local-election debate focused on collapsing municipal finances, infrastructure backlogs, service delivery, crime and whether parties had credible, costed plans.

A rate hike, rising inflation risks and geopolitical pressures dominated, alongside scrutiny of worker benefit funds and signs of relief from abundant agricultural production.

Power Drive focused on the Reserve Bank’s rate hike, election disputes, corruption, Eskom reform, rhino poaching and a heated death-penalty debate.

The episode focused on overlooked skin-cancer risks for black South Africans, alongside parenting, political litigation and COSATU’s costly plan to reunite its leadership.

Power Talk focused on violent crime, strained US-SA relations, alleged Ekurhuleni tender corruption and a new Chris Hani-inspired public accountability campaign.

A crime-and-accountability-heavy episode examined arrests, alleged police misconduct, a deadly KZN shooting, and failures in public infrastructure and transport accessibility.

Kea Ncube’s morning show mixed scrutiny of police accountability and identity fraud with practical conversations on sexual anxiety, workplace leadership and matric dance pressures.

A wide-ranging episode examined South Africa’s weakening state capacity, global power shifts and the growing personal and social costs of gambling addiction.

The episode examined Tshwane’s contested relocation plan, municipal election promises, and the Constitutional Court’s ruling against Parliament’s flawed procurement process.

Power Business examined South Africa’s energy and payments reforms, alongside climate finance, township cost pressures and a promising education-focused SME.

A senior police officer’s sexual-offence case, an SIU probe into a R130-million security training contract and pressure over healthcare costs dominated the episode.

Power Lunch focused on accountability in the police, the roots of gender-based violence, fatherhood and masculinity, before ending with technology and parenting conversations.

Power Talk was dominated by gender-based violence, a senior police officer’s arrest, and a detailed examination of why transformation in South Africa’s property sector remains stalled.

A senior police officer’s arrest for alleged sexual offences dominated an episode also examining GBV accountability, state infrastructure theft, and a disputed SAA aircraft lease.

Accountability dominated the episode, alongside practical conversations about hobbies, sober travel and South African motorsport talent making an international impact.

Political disconnection and COSATU’s disrupted Congress dominated, with calls for electoral reform, stronger accountability and a united workers’ movement.

Gender-based violence dominated the programme, with scrutiny of policing failures, alongside debate over taxi taxation and stagnant disability employment representation.

Power Business examined household credit strain, construction’s tentative recovery, enterprise-support gaps and scrutiny of worker-benefit funds, alongside market and cryptocurrency moves.

POWER Drive focused on gender-based violence, accountability in public contracts, South Africa-US tensions, and reforms aimed at strengthening oversight and waste management.

Power Lunch focused on gender-based violence investigations, heated debate over family financial obligations, and practical advice for couples managing extended-family support.

Power Talk focused on Johannesburg’s political future, rising mine fatalities, violence against women and proposed rules governing foreign nationals’ employment.

Gender-based violence, alleged public-sector contracting irregularities and major governance investigations dominated a news-heavy Monday edition.

Power Up focused on reproductive health, Gauteng’s kidnapping crisis, political accountability and creative projects preserving South African identity.

The episode centred on South Africa’s systemic failures, from crime and public administration to the need for ethical, capable leadership and stronger continental cooperation.

The episode’s main feature was an educational journey through Gabon, covering its culture, tourism, environmental achievement and place in the wider African diaspora.

Power Week combined urgent gender-based violence coverage with an AAD 2026 focus on defence careers, heritage preservation and opportunities for young South Africans.

Governance failures dominated the show, alongside the firing of an EMPD deputy chief, police killings, political defections and rising pressure from fuel prices and international tensions.

Security vetting failures, crime accountability and child safety led the episode, alongside tourism’s economic potential through music and live events.

Power Talk focused on South Africa’s femicide crisis, institutional accountability, stalled legislation, healthcare fraud and the country’s widening gender gap.

Power Breakfast focused on corruption allegations in Tshwane, the Madlanga Commission’s revelations, procurement law, financial strain and South Africa’s housing backlog.

The episode centred on South Africa’s violence crisis and election disputes, alongside conversations about theatre, creative resilience and musician Mtunzi’s journey to recognition.

Power Zone weighed South Africa’s crime and political strain against calls for renewed agency, while examining Africa’s debt crisis and celebrating poetry, faith and storytelling.

The episode examined failures in South Africa’s learnership system, a class action over faulty contraceptive pills, and the wider crisis of gender-based violence.

Power Business weighed Kempton Park killings alongside strong Momentum results, SMME growth barriers, and the governance risks of AI in business.

Gender-based violence, prison corruption and criminal-justice accountability dominated the programme, alongside scrutiny of procurement law and municipal finances.

Power Lunch was dominated by outrage over a ninth woman’s body found in Ekurhuleni, alongside labour disputes, Shitsonga cultural preservation and an in-depth interview with actress Nunu Kumalo.