Petrol, politics and the polls: Unpacking Godongwana’s fuel relief

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HBGSchindlers Attorneys’s Chantelle Gladwin-Wood unpacks the growing controversy over municipalities charging homeowners for water drawn from their own boreholes and whether these fees are legally justified. Consumer rights expert Trudie Broekmann explains why South Africans are fed up with paying taxes for public services that increasingly fail to deliver, and what accountability they should demand. Political analyst Dr Ongama Mtimka examines the politics behind Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s fuel relief measures and their significance ahead of the polls. And Shoprite Group chief sustainability officer Sanjeev Raghubir discusses the alarming findings of the 2026 SA Food Security Index, which shows household hunger reaching its highest level since 2010, and what this means for millions of struggling South Africans.

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Guests on today’s show:

Chantelle Gladwin-Wood: Head of public law, HBGSchindlers Attorneys
Trudie Broekmann: Consumer rights expert
Dr Ongama Mtimka: Political analyst and acting director of the Raymond Mhlaba Centre for Governance and Leadership, Nelson Mandela University
Sanjeev Raghubir: Chief sustainability officer, Shoprite Group

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