Thursday, 13 August 2026

IPID told the Madlanga Commission that KZN police task teams may have used cash-in-transit heists and taxi rivalries as cover for killings, with journalists often alerted before the watchdog.

Dr Rebecca Walker said Home Affairs’ nearly R300 million deportation spend has not solved migration pressures, with about 90,000 people removed but no clear evidence the cycle has changed.

Parliament questioned Higher Education Minister Pui Manamela over NSFAS advisors’ pay, with the EFF insisting the finance minister also had to approve their remuneration under the Act.

Listeners clashed over cinema etiquette, with repeated complaints about phones, late arrivals, queue-jumping and talking during films; some called for stricter staff control, even signal jammers.