Episode Details

Tshwane's water troubles led bulletins across nearly every station, with the Pretoria CBD boil-water advisory lifted even as anger over Bronkhorstspruit grew. With 11 days to the 4 November local government elections, party campaigning and fresh polling filled the gaps between news, while Cape Town's third deadly mass shooting in weeks, renewed protests in France and the Ebola outbreak kept the wider news agenda heavy.