RC 261019702Africa Melane
Monday, 19 October 2026
Monday's Early Breakfast led with a new border vehicle-tracking system, AfriForum's bid to cross-examine a former president, the return of the national police commissioner, and a rise in mpox cases.
- 04:00
The Border Management Authority says a new digital tracking system will help curb smuggling of stolen vehicles across the border, replacing reliance on visual observation and officials' experience to decide whether vehicles may pass.
- 04:01
AfriForum wants its legal team allowed to cross-examine the former president over alleged political interference in apartheid-era murder prosecutions, including a 1985 killing that left a woman and her two children dead.
- 04:03
The Health Department confirmed four more mpox cases, bringing the national total to 26 this year. The Western Cape has 18, and 16 of those are linked to local transmission.
- 05:01
National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola returns to his Pretoria office today after a six-month precautionary suspension, following charges withdrawn in September for insufficient evidence, with five months left in his term.