RC 260819702Joanne Joseph
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Ramaphosa’s impeachment process and Fadiel Adams’s testimony dominated a show that also tracked the CPUT campus standoff and debated the AfriForum–March and March alliance.
- 17:03
Parliament deferred appointing advocate Tandazani Madonsela as evidence leader in the section 89 inquiry after President Cyril Ramaphosa objected, citing conflict of interest and ANC legal work.
- 17:01
Fadiel Adams told the Malanga Commission he informed DA MP Ian Cameron about classified documents two years ago, and asked for a recording of his meeting with prosecutor Drushanta Ramsamy.
- 17:16
Adams later admitted he was not entirely truthful about why his affidavits were late, after commissioners produced an email showing he had received notice to testify and had their deadline pressure in mind.
- 16:02
CPUT said it would not violently evict Belleville students, but residences were ordered shut after protests over a proposed R7,000 registration fee and a campus building being torched.
- 17:22
A political science guest said AfriForum and March and March are ideologically far apart, but each sees strategic gain: March and March wants a community-activism model, while AfriForum can counter racism claims.