RC 261027702John Perlman
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Ahead of next week's local government elections, Afternoon Drive covered a wave of state contractor blacklistings, Parliament's push to fire Senzo Mchunu, and illegal mining that has left homes in Bapong at risk.
- 15:06
Public Works Minister Dean McPherson says 60 non-performing contractors were blacklisted over the past year and 15 more this month, after only one blacklisting between 2002 and 2024.
- 16:04
Parliament's police committee chair Ian Cameron has urged the President to fire Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, saying his legal costs and salary have reached about R5.8 million since he was placed on special leave.
- 16:35
A company linked to a businessman arrested last month for threatening women at a Sandton restaurant was found to have misrepresented itself in bids for government contracts and has been blacklisted from state business.
- 15:57
Illegal chrome mining in Bapong, North West, has left excavation pits about 10 metres deep beside homes, and one RDP house is on the brink of collapse, with no one living in it now.