RC 260921702Bongani Bingwa
Monday, 21 September 2026
Gender-based violence, public-sector dysfunction and diplomatic tensions dominated the morning, alongside a breakthrough arrest and a warning about the cost of inefficiency.
- 07:01
Three people—a man and two women—were arrested over the Dawn Park murder, the ninth woman found dead in Ekurhuleni since July; they are due in court.
- 07:32
Police brought in KwaZulu-Natal Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and crime-intelligence head Dumsani Kumalo to strengthen the investigation into nine Ekurhuleni women’s deaths, while stressing differing methods may mean unrelated cases.
- 07:22
Public Service Commission chair Somadoda Fikeni said new legislation makes PSC findings harder to ignore, requiring responses within 60 days and allowing fines or jail for defiance.
- 06:54
International-relations analyst Oscar van Heerden said South Africa should endure Washington’s pressure rather than provoke it, arguing the United States is targeting a smaller BRICS partner.
- 07:43
The programme linked public-sector waste to deliberate inefficiency, including unused border drones and forensic evidence trips that create travel and subsistence costs while delaying investigations.