RC 261020702Azania Mosaka
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Tshwane's contaminated water crisis dominated the afternoon, alongside the refusal of bail for former deputy police commissioner Sibiya and fresh forensic detail in the Anele Dembe inquest.
- 13:02
Residents of Zithobeni, Tshwane, say they were not warned their drinking water was unsafe, after the Bronkhorstspruit plant ran without chlorination from 24 September to 14 October.
- 13:32
The mayor admitted the city was negligent over failing to chlorinate water, and the EFF plans to lay criminal charges against city manager Johan Mettler.
- 13:05
A court denied former Deputy National Police Commissioner Sibiya bail, finding he may have wiped his phone to conceal explicit WhatsApp chats with a 16-year-old.
- 13:05
A forensic analysis of Anele Dembe's samples found traces of cocaine, while a toxicologist told the Cape Town inquest that alcohol-linked substances and antidepressants were also present.
- 14:31
Former crime intelligence head Mulangi Mpecho was released on R5,000 bail after appearing in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on charges of unlawfully possessing more than 100 police-issued rounds.