Shows / Power FM show recaps — locl
Power FM show recaps — locl
Every talk 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 Perspective — Tuesday, 18 August 2026
A night of heated debate on South Africa’s identity and policy failures: SADC migration tensions, who really owns transformation, and a grim alcohol-abuse…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Business — Tuesday, 18 August 2026
A wide-ranging business programme centred on debt pressure, infrastructure financing, food safety governance and what makes premium brands stand out.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Drive — Tuesday, 18 August 2026
A talk-heavy drive show mixed political outrage, public service failures and high-profile investigations, with NSFAS, electricity pricing and police misconduct…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Lunch — Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Power Lunch ranged from hard-hitting public issues to listener-heavy debate, with school discipline, NSFAS failures, women’s mental health and a lively final…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Talk — Tuesday, 18 August 2026
The show was dominated by the Madlanga Commission’s cartel evidence, with wider discussions on NSFAS, South Sudan’s election path, women in tourism, and the…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Breakfast — Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Matlala’s commission appearance, the SADC summit’s migration blind spot, and Tshwane’s electricity-debt scam dominated a morning of hard-edged political and…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Up — Tuesday, 18 August 2026
The episode mixed a strong push for year-round workplace mental health support with an inspiring art feature, practical group-travel advice, and a proud Cape…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Zone — Tuesday, 18 August 2026
The show was dominated by hard political talk on cadre deployment, SADC summit promises, a sewage scandal in Machabeng, and the court-ordered return of the…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Perspective — Monday, 17 August 2026
The episode was dominated by a heated debate on the DA’s plan to outsource municipal services, followed by warnings about private security firms and a positive…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Business — Monday, 17 August 2026
The episode centred on a Constitutional Court win for Wild Coast communities, alongside analysis of Zambia’s election, spam-call crackdowns and supply-chain…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Drive — Monday, 17 August 2026
The episode was dominated by hard news on the SADC summit, the Madlanga Commission, and several local disputes from sugar wages to cemetery indecency.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Lunch — Monday, 17 August 2026
The episode was dominated by hard-edged talk on the Madlanga Commission, SADC’s stalled free-movement agenda, and the rising cost of schooling.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Talk — Monday, 17 August 2026
Matlala’s Madlanga Commission testimony, the Marikana anniversary, and a hard-edged Joburg mayoral pitch dominated a show obsessed with accountability and…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Breakfast — Monday, 17 August 2026
Durban’s SADC summit, NSFAS’s worsening funding crisis, and two major legal watchdog stories dominated a packed Monday morning on Power Breakfast.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Up — Monday, 17 August 2026
Madlanga Commission testimony dominated, with a strong side discussion on Zambia’s election and SADC, plus feel-good and health segments on adaptive sport and…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Zone — Monday, 17 August 2026
A hard-hitting news wrap on ANC succession, court battles and public-sector failures, followed by a devotional on returning to God without self-condemnation.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Perspective — Sunday — Sunday, 16 August 2026
The show mixed African diaspora music with a detailed Roots, Rhythm and Life feature on Zimbabwe, plus a late update confirming Cameroon as 2026 WAFCON…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Week — Sunday, 16 August 2026
The episode mixed hard news with two long-form interviews: Marikana justice and unemployment dominated the first half, before a deep dive into SASCOC…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Drive — Friday, 14 August 2026
A news-heavy drive show centred on South Africa’s diabetes crisis, the SADC summit, Zambia’s disrupted election counting, and several major court and…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Lunch — Friday, 14 August 2026
Hard-news updates on the Madlanga Commission and SADC summit dominated, with the rest of the show leaning into practical advice and upbeat local business…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Talk — Friday, 14 August 2026
The show was dominated by hard-news updates on the Madlanga Commission and the Mbense bail case, with in-depth interviews on local road delivery, colorectal…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Breakfast — Friday, 14 August 2026
Friday’s show was dominated by hard-news interviews on transport lawlessness, SADC diplomacy and new tourism and youth-skills initiatives, with the Banyana win…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Up — Friday, 14 August 2026
Friday morning talk mixed heated debate on protest violence and social responsibility with practical weekend tips on picnics, entertainment and tight budgeting.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Zone — Friday, 14 August 2026
The episode centred on a sharp debate about South African TV and social media normalising dysfunction, then shifted to Praise Nguna’s memoir about childhood…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Perspective — Thursday, 13 August 2026
The show centred on consumer protection against spam marketing, then shifted to a hard conversation about men’s healing and gender-based violence, before…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Business — Thursday, 13 August 2026
The show centred on South Africa’s jobs crisis, while also unpacking franchise growth, AI investing, biotech exports and support for SMEs going cross-border.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Drive — Thursday, 13 August 2026
The episode was dominated by hard news on police corruption and municipal failures, with the Madlanga Commission, Gauteng school funding and the water crisis…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Lunch — Thursday, 13 August 2026
Sibling favouritism, birth order and childhood trauma dominated the first half, before Kosi’s interview shifted the show into a rich conversation about…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Talk — Thursday, 13 August 2026
Rogue police killings in KZN dominated the morning, alongside a hard-hitting unemployment interview and a live look at Zambia’s election day.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Breakfast — Thursday, 13 August 2026
Power Breakfast was dominated by hard news on policing, failing services, student funding and local government as guests unpacked the day’s big political and…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Up — Thursday, 13 August 2026
Workplace boundaries, money trouble in relationships, and local-election accountability dominated a packed early-morning show, alongside an uplifting interview…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Zone — Thursday, 13 August 2026
The show dug into how childhood trauma shows up in adult work life, from perfectionism and people-pleasing to burnout, emotional distance and trouble with…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Perspective — Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Expropriation, police collapse and a community-led cleanup drive dominated a fiery, highly political Power Perspective edition.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Business — Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Markets were dominated by US inflation, rand strength and commodities, while the show also dug into Weaver FinTech’s mixed results, a warning on South Africa’s…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Drive — Wednesday, 12 August 2026
The show was dominated by hard news on the Madlanga Commission, court delays over the Usindiso trial, and the Constitutional Court’s refusal to fast-track the…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Lunch — Wednesday, 12 August 2026
The show was dominated by heated calls over the Michael Lomas sentencing disparity, then shifted to a practical health explainer on HPV and cervical cancer…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Talk — Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Unemployment, immigration and illegal mining dominated a packed POWER Talk, with sharp on-air debate and two long expert interviews on jobs, diabetes and…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Breakfast — Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Cold weather and hard news shaped the morning, with heavy focus on school safety spending, worsening unemployment, and a long debate about how to describe the…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Up — Wednesday, 12 August 2026
The episode centred on two long debates: how to tell spirited behaviour from ADHD, and whether social-media callouts of absent fathers are accountability or…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Zone — Wednesday, 12 August 2026
A wide-ranging overnight show centred on waiting seasons, forgiveness as a mental-health issue, and the damage caused when co-parenting disputes are turned…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Perspective — Tuesday, 11 August 2026
The episode centred on whether South Africa’s many commissions of inquiry are delivering real reform, then shifted to Anton Lembede’s legacy and a hard-hitting…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Business — Tuesday, 11 August 2026
South Africa’s jobs crisis dominated the show, alongside a hard look at domestic worker compliance, local manufacturing pressure and a new green-hydrogen fund.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Drive — Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Unemployment’s jump to 33.6%, claims of political failure, and a grim update on gang violence and policing dominated a call-heavy Power Drive.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Lunch — Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Power Lunch mixed a sharp AI fact-checking warning with a long relationship debate on whether anyone should forgive cheating, plus the day’s jobless and court…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Talk — Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Gun violence, police reform and the roots of black economic empowerment dominated a long, hard-nosed episode, with callers and guests arguing for structural…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Breakfast — Tuesday, 11 August 2026
A cold, policy-heavy Breakfast show unpacked grim crime figures, medicine shortages, and two big public health and democracy campaigns, with winter weather…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Up — Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Banyana Banyana’s succession plan dominated the morning, alongside practical health advice for over-50s and a deep dive into emotional triggers at work.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Zone — Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Coalition politics, the BELA Act’s limits, and the addiction-as-health debate dominated a packed morning of calls and sharp debate.
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Perspective — Monday, 10 August 2026
A holiday-night edition drove two major debates: South Africa’s immigration fallout and a new GBVF council, before ending on disability-focused…
Power FM show recaps — loclPOWER Business — Monday, 10 August 2026
Women’s Day edition of Power Business mixed a big agriculture export win with tough talk on electricity tariff reform and the hidden burden of unpaid care work.