RC 261027702Azania Mosaka
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Money and accountability dominated: a suspended minister's R3 million legal bill, a life sentence for a child's murder, and blacklisted contractors, alongside listeners' costly financial regrets.
- 13:03
The state has paid almost R3 million in legal costs for Minister on Special Leave Senzo Mchunu, while Parliament's police committee chair Ian Cameron urges the President to stop paying his salary while he sits at home.
- 13:33
The Johannesburg High Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping and murdering his partner's four-year-old daughter, who was beaten before she was drowned.
- 14:05
Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson says 60 non-performing contractors were blacklisted over the past year and 15 more this month, barring them from government construction contracts.
- 13:04
More than 800 people have been affected by gastrointestinal illness after Tshwane failed to chlorinate water at the Bronkhorstspruit wastewater treatment plant, and Jack Bloom is demanding a full investigation.
- 13:00
The Border Management Authority says it has trained 277 border guards to use a technology system that removes the human factor from vehicle profiling at the borders.