RC 261113702John Perlman

Friday, 13 November 2026

Friday's show centred on the Madlanga Commission's testimony about alleged police interference in drug arrests, alongside a Western Cape court ruling and the early local election aftermath.

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  1. 16:02

    Madlanga Commission witness Michael Botsane says JMPD senior officer Manyama ordered officers to release two suspects arrested with 22 bricks of suspected cocaine and to accept bribes.

  2. 15:01

    The Western Cape High Court dismissed EFF and ALPA applications to overturn the impeachment committee's decision to rescind advocate Matonzela's recommendation as evidence leader. Full reasons will follow.

  3. 16:03

    The IEC received 1,708 objections to the local government election results, over 1,000 more than in 2021, and says councils have 14 days from gazetting to hold inaugural sittings.

  4. 17:33

    Johannesburg is closing all municipal swimming pools by Monday until further notice over a critical chlorine shortage, with the city apologising for the inconvenience.

  5. 16:05

    Microsoft says it has completed recovery actions across parts of its affected Asia-Pacific infrastructure and is extending recovery to other regions after an outage hit 74 countries.