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Kaya 959 show recaps — locl
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Every show on Kaya 959, 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
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The Lounge Experience — Sunday, 25 October 2026
Sweetness Motsepe's Sunday lounge show featured Timo's guest mix and a news segment on a Department of Water and Sanitation probe into three weeks of unchlorinated water.
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The World Show — Sunday, 25 October 2026
Pilani Bubu and Rory Sang performed in the small studio ahead of the Access 2026 conference, and the Folklore Festival confirmed it is moving to next year.
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The Jazz Standard — Sunday, 25 October 2026
A birthday tribute to trombonist Jonas Gwangwa dominated this Sunday Jazz Standard, alongside a look at sober-curious travel and the next ABSA Jazz Sessions headliner.
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Spade of Hearts — Sunday, 25 October 2026
Mostly music and listener dedications, with the midday news block dominated by water contamination stories ahead of the local government elections.
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Soulful Sunday — Sunday, 25 October 2026
A Soulful Sunday mix of gospel, soul and reflective talk, with news bulletins on the DRC Ebola vaccine trial, a Steenberg mass shooting and the run-up to the November local elections.
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Thomas in the Morning — Sunday, 25 October 2026
Police corruption fallout and election promises on jobs dominated, while Tshwane lifted its boil-water warning and Kenya confirmed a second Ebola death.
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959 Music — Sunday, 25 October 2026
A mostly music-led Kaya 959 episode, with a Stevie Wonder recording anecdote, a host's memories of his grandfather's old hymns, and six o'clock headlines on unemployment and a Kenyan building collapse.
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Nites Over Kaya — Saturday, 24 October 2026
Petrol prices dominated Nights over Kaya, with callers describing cutting back on love, friends and nights out as fuel costs bite.
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On the Beat — Saturday, 24 October 2026
Dominated by water supply trouble: a treatment works reportedly ran without chlorination for three weeks, and Rand Water warned that municipal overconsumption and leaks are straining bulk supply.
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Saturday Select — Saturday, 24 October 2026
Sweetness Motsepe's afternoon show turned to public safety as festive-season crime fears grew, with listeners sharing how they guard their phones, cars and cash.
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The Vibe — Saturday, 24 October 2026
A Saturday show dominated by the Tshwane water crisis, with a sickness outbreak, suspensions and inquiries, alongside a listener debate on whether shopping malls are becoming unnecessary.
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The Kaya Countdown — Saturday, 24 October 2026
News bulletins dominated this Saturday's Kaya Countdown, with fatal crashes and a shack fire, a stark corruption warning from Justice Madlanga, and the run-up to Ekurhuleni's local elections.
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Thomas in the Morning — Saturday, 24 October 2026
Broncon Spray water crisis dominated, with officials suspended and under investigation, alongside Sundowns' Champions League exit and Durban attacks on foreign nationals.
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959 Music — Saturday, 24 October 2026
Mostly music and station chatter, but the morning's real news was the continuing investigation into a water treatment works that ran without chlorination, plus a Lesotho double-murder conviction.
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The Upper Room — Friday — Friday, 23 October 2026
A payday Friday edition of The Upper Room mixed listener voice notes, a 1995 time-travel segment and a host reflection on keeping up good vibes through personal struggles.
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The Hive — Friday, 23 October 2026
Heavy news bulletins on Kaya 959's The Hive covered murder convictions of police officers over a 2020 Nathaniel Julies shooting and fallout from Tshwane's water crisis, between music segments.
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Drive 959 — Friday, 23 October 2026
Friday's bulletins were dominated by fallout from Tshwane's water crisis, a police murder conviction in Eldorado Park, and attacks on foreign nationals in Durban.
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Feel Good — Friday, 23 October 2026
Newsroom bulletins led this Friday's Feel Good with Hennops River court delays, a Bezuidenhout Valley water outage, and fresh testimony on Chris Hani's killers.
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The Best T in the City — Friday, 23 October 2026
Kaya's morning recap was dominated by a Johannesburg court ruling in an Eldorado Park child-murder case and by water crises in Tshwane and Johannesburg that left households and a school without safe supply.
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Kaya Breakfast — Friday, 23 October 2026
Kaya Breakfast's Friday show centred on a Mail and Guardian probe into a R30 million SASA tender and the Tshwane water crisis, alongside a sudden MK Party leadership shake-up.
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Let It Be — Friday, 23 October 2026
Friday's Let It Be hour was mostly prayer and listener messages, but the water contamination crisis and its alleged lack of communication stood out in the news.
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The Upper Room — Thursday, 22 October 2026
A late Thursday Upper Room, mostly listener voice notes and music, led by a Johannesburg tap-water warning and a Department of Water and Sanitation probe into untreated water.
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Point of View — Thursday, 22 October 2026
Budget fuel relief, Mbeki's commission testimony and Tshwane's water crisis dominated this Thursday edition, with Amanpour's CNN exit and the Netflix and music segments rounding it out.
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Kaya Biz — Thursday, 22 October 2026
Clicks' annual results, a Tshwane water-quality probe and a stark financial-stress survey dominated Kaya Biz, with the show leaning heavily on CEO interviews.
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Drive 959 — Thursday, 22 October 2026
Water contamination dominated the afternoon, with tap-water warnings in Johannesburg and Pretoria, a treatment plant handed to Rand Water, and a teacher's rape case postponed.
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Feel Good — Thursday, 22 October 2026
Mostly music and listener segments, but the news bulletins were dominated by water shortages in Ritabiseng and Bronkhorstspruit and the sudden dismissal of Fort Hare's vice chancellor.
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The Best T in the City — Thursday, 22 October 2026
Budget fallout dominated the morning news, while the Best T in the City's blind spot segment saw callers urge a listener to believe her estranged brother's abuse claims.
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Kaya Breakfast — Thursday, 22 October 2026
Thursday's show was dominated by the Bronkhorstspruit unchlorinated water crisis, with the medium-term budget's fuel relief and cut growth forecast close behind.
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Let It Be — Thursday, 22 October 2026
A devotional morning show dominated by gratitude prayers, with a 5:30 news bulletin covering the medium-term budget, an EFF call on a water crisis, and Pope Leo's return after surgery.
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The Upper Room — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
A late-night music show mostly given over to listener voice notes and 1997 throwback tracks, with a fuel levy relief announcement and a tribute to Oskido.
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Point of View — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Rand Water's warning that it will throttle overconsuming customers and a Gauteng school sexual assault case dominated Point of View, alongside fuel levy relief and Cosatu's reaction to the mini-budget.
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Kaya Biz — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Kaya Biz focused on the medium-term budget, with a cut growth forecast, rising SARS tax targets and Famous Brands' cash-flow results dominating the evening.
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Drive 959 — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's midterm budget dominated the afternoon, bringing fuel levy relief, a cut to growth forecasts and municipal finance reforms, while Bronkhorstspruit residents vowed to vote despite a water-linked outbreak.
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Feel Good — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Feel Good's Wednesday show was mostly listener call-ins and games, but the news bulletins led with the Madlanga Commission's secrecy hearing, campus and Tshwane water outbreaks, and budget demands.
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The Best T in the City — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Mostly relationship talk and music, but the news segments carried the weightiest items: testimony on apartheid-era prosecution interference, a Tshwane water crisis and calls for fuel levy relief.
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Kaya Breakfast — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Budget day dominated this Kaya Breakfast episode, with fuel prices, inflation and calls for household relief ahead of Finance Minister Godongwana's medium-term budget statement.
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Let It Be — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
A mostly devotional Wednesday morning on Let It Be, with prayers and listener messages giving way to the 5:30 headlines on budget, water failures and Ebola.
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959 Music Weekdays — Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Mostly music and station promos this episode, with few spoken news items beyond a throwback to a decade-old gospel concert at Carnival City.
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The Upper Room — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Listeners called in about money pressures and a Zola school protest, while Man City's Champions League win and the Upper Room's Tuesday playlist filled the late-evening show.
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Point of View — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Bronkhorstspruit's water crisis dominated the evening, with residents told not to drink tap water, chlorine shortages blamed on negligence, and Watercan calling for accountability.
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Kaya Biz — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Budget jitters dominated as economists previewed tomorrow's medium-term budget statement, while a Just Money survey showed 65% of South Africans finding every month financially difficult.
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Drive 959 — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Soweto dominated the afternoon, with residents blocking a Zola primary school over an alleged rape, alongside a gastro outbreak in Ekangala and a court appearance by a former crime intelligence head.
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Feel Good — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Mostly light Feel Good segments, but the news bulletins carried a Zitobeni water crisis, Lumka Oliphant's reinstatement ruling, and bail decisions in two high-profile cases.
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The Best T in the City — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Former Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya was refused bail on grooming and trafficking charges, dominating a morning that also covered a Tshwane water contamination warning and a police leadership shake-up.
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Kaya Breakfast — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Tuesday's Kaya Breakfast centred on Tshwane's unchlorinated water crisis and a Constitutional Court ruling that put 181 ANC candidates back on the ballot, alongside a cult murder verdict.
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Let It Be — Tuesday, 20 October 2026
A faith-centred Tuesday morning edition of Let It Be, dominated by prayer and a call to share blessings, with a short early news bulletin on water safety and a former president's denials.
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The Upper Room — Monday, 19 October 2026
Mostly music and listener voice notes, but the news weight falls on TRC testimony about political pardons and a personal-finance segment on credit reports ahead of the festive season.
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Point of View — Monday, 19 October 2026
Tshwane's diarrhoea outbreak, now over 400 cases, dominated the episode, alongside former president Thabo Mbeki's TRC testimony and Ekurhuleni's pitch on cable theft and independent power plans.
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Kaya Biz — Monday, 19 October 2026
Kaya Biz covered a Tshwane water scare with no cholera confirmed yet, Thabo Mbeki's inquiry testimony on the Kradock 4, and fresh figures on two-pot withdrawals and Calgro M3's results.
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Drive 959 — Monday, 19 October 2026
Former President Thabo Mbeki dominated the afternoon, denying interference in apartheid-era prosecutions at the Khampepe Commission while Ramaphosa tackled fuel prices and press harassment.
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