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Power FM show recaps — locl
Every show on Power FM, recapped daily by locl: what each episode actually covered, minutes after it ends. Generated from the broadcast transcript and cited to the minute at https://locl.co.za/shows.
Episodes
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Up — Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Wednesday's Power Up was dominated by coalition warnings ahead of the 4 November local elections, alongside a contractor crackdown, fuel-levy news and a…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Zone — Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Municipal service failures dominated, from a Bronkhorstspruit contamination probe and Tshwane water scare to Mbeki's warning on Africa's idle capital, ahead of…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Perspective — Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Power Perspective was dominated by the asbestos-hit Esterus Secondary School in Gauteng, alongside election-season calls from minority sectors and a tight…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Business — Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Tuesday's Power Business covered rising costs, from a R1.1-trillion logistics bill to retirement savings gaps and small business views ahead of the local…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Drive — Tuesday, 27 October 2026
This afternoon's Power Drive was dominated by construction-sector fraud crackdowns, Johannesburg water scare claims, and questions over public money paid for…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Lunch — Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Election-season debate dominated this Power Lunch, sitting alongside the army deployment to KwaZulu-Natal, a NUMSA leadership crisis, and a Supreme Court…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Talk — Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Water failures and accountability dominated Tuesday's Power Talk, from the Tshwane contamination fallout to a crackdown on 65 contractors, while listeners…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Breakfast — Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Officials face consequences over the Bronkhorstspruit water contamination, while Eugene de Kock's Khampepe Commission testimony and the debate over SAA's…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Up — Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Dominated by the NUMSA leadership dispute and the Bronkhorstspruit water contamination, with water infrastructure funding and the child online-safety report…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Zone — Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Local elections dominated this Power Zone episode, with Rise Mzansi's Johannesburg plans and Cosatu's warning on 43% unemployment and a cut growth forecast…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Perspective — Monday, 26 October 2026
Water dominated this Monday's Power Perspective, with gastro cases reaching 833 and Johannesburg turning to private suppliers, while the local government white…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Business — Monday, 26 October 2026
SAA's cash-flow strain and a Bronkhorstspruit water-contamination crisis dominated this Monday Power Business, with Brazil's narrow election result and…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Drive — Monday, 26 October 2026
Power Drive's afternoon was dominated by the Bronkhorstspruit water contamination crisis and Eugene de Kock's TRC inquiry testimony on apartheid-era political…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Lunch — Monday, 26 October 2026
Monday's Power Lunch centred on the Bronkhorstspruit water contamination crisis, alongside court testimony, SASSA dismissals and a drug-mule arrest figure…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Talk — Monday, 26 October 2026
Water failures dominated the episode, with callers blaming the ANC ahead of the 4 November local elections, alongside TRC testimony and questions over NPA…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Breakfast — Monday, 26 October 2026
A Tshwane water contamination case and a police sergeant's rape charge dominated Power Breakfast, alongside Ramaphosa's local government reform plan and a…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Up — Monday, 26 October 2026
Tshwane's water contamination crisis dominated the Monday show, alongside a fight over election candidate lists, SAFA covering its president's legal costs, and…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Zone — Monday, 26 October 2026
Monday's news wrap centred on a water contamination crisis, temporary fuel levy relief and a dispute over MK Party candidate lists, with a motivational segment…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Perspective — Sunday — Sunday, 25 October 2026
Sunday's Power Beats mixed African music with a Roots, Rhythm and Life feature on Togo, covering its health achievement, flag, colonial history and culture…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Week — Sunday, 25 October 2026
Sunday's Power Week covered Tshwane's lifted water advisory, the mini-budget's temporary fuel levy relief and the Brazil runoff, alongside Momentum's debt…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Perspective — Friday, 23 October 2026
Friday's Power Weekend show mixed Kaizer Chiefs fan debate and dating chatter with a 1979 history segment, between long stretches of requested music.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Drive — Friday, 23 October 2026
Bronkhorstspruit's water outbreak, with hundreds of children ill and a suspended plant manager, dominated an afternoon that also covered fuel relief for taxis…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Lunch — Friday, 23 October 2026
Water safety dominated this Friday show, with callers across Gauteng describing boil-water notices and billing disputes, alongside national news on the…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Talk — Friday, 23 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Breakfast — Friday, 23 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Up — Friday, 23 October 2026
Friday's Power Up was dominated by the Bronkhorstspruit water contamination crisis in Tshwane, with a Public Protector probe and calls for accountability…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Zone — Friday, 23 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Perspective — Thursday, 22 October 2026
Pastors bidding for state tenders dominated this Power Perspective episode, with a panel split on whether faith leaders should do government business…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Business — Thursday, 22 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Up — Thursday, 22 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Zone — Thursday, 22 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Perspective — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
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.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Business — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Drive — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Fuel levy relief costing about R10 billion dominated the midterm budget speech, alongside new funding for gender-based violence services and renewed concern…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Lunch — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Talk — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Godongwana's mini-budget and fuel-price relief pressure dominated Power Talk, alongside the Bronkhorstspruit water failure, the Khampepe Commission and a…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Breakfast — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Up — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Tshwane's water crisis dominated, with infections falling but tap water still unsafe, alongside Ramaphosa's warning on coalition governments and a debate on…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Zone — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Perspective — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
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.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Business — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Drive — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Tshwane's contaminated-water crisis, the Usindiso fire trial delay and the denial of bail to ex-deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya dominated this…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Lunch — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Mbeki's Khampepe Commission testimony and the Bronkhorstspruit water crisis dominated Power Lunch, with callers split on whether past political compromises…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Talk — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Breakfast — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
A Tshwane water contamination outbreak, a Limpopo police corruption arrest and Cosatu's push for fuel price relief dominated this Tuesday's POWER Breakfast.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Up — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Auditor-General findings on education spending, Limpopo police arrests and a deadly Umlazi truck crash dominated, with a sharp focus on public money and…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Zone — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Local election pressure dominated this overnight POWER Zone, with a Bronkhorstspruit water contamination outbreak, the EFF's municipal manifesto, and the IEC's…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Perspective — Monday, 19 October 2026
Tshwane's contaminated-water gastro outbreak dominated the evening, alongside a Constitutional Court ruling that let the ANC's candidates stand and a debate…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Business — Monday, 19 October 2026
A Tshwane water outbreak affecting hundreds of children dominated Power Business, alongside fuel relief pressures and a sharp rise in digital banking fraud.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Drive — Monday, 19 October 2026
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.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Lunch — Monday, 19 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Talk — Monday, 19 October 2026
Dominated by Thabo Mbeki's testimony at the Khampepe Commission on apartheid-era prosecutions, with Masemola's reinstatement and fresh local election polling…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Breakfast — Monday, 19 October 2026
Monday's Power Breakfast led with National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola's return to work after his suspension was lifted, alongside Mbeki's TRC…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Up — Monday, 19 October 2026
Monday's Power Up was dominated by fallout over National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola's reinstatement, alongside Madlanga Commission scrutiny, a rugby…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Zone — Monday, 19 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Perspective — Sunday — Sunday, 18 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Week — Sunday, 18 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Perspective — Friday, 16 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Drive — Friday, 16 October 2026
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…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Lunch — Friday, 16 October 2026
Politics dominated Friday's POWER Lunch: reinstated ANC candidates, the police commissioner's return, and Suliman Carrim's court appearance, alongside a…