RC 261112702Africa Melane
Thursday, 12 November 2026
Madlanga Commission allegations against Vusimuzi Matlala, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's corruption trial, new coalition rules for municipalities and deadly Cape Town taxi violence dominated this Thursday's show.
- 04:00
Vusimuzi Matlala told the Madlanga Commission that a former police minister allegedly asked him to buy a 6 million rand house in Trafalgar, KwaZulu-Natal, as a retirement home, in return for help after a raid.
- 04:01
Former Speaker Mapisa-Nqakula, accused of soliciting R4.5 million from a defence contractor, testified she could afford her house renovations and needed no disguised payments.
- 04:02
Cooperative Governance Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa released coalition guidelines after 138 metros and local municipalities, about 65% of councils, failed to produce outright majorities. They include a template coalition agreement.
- 04:08
A five-hour meeting involving Santaco leadership decided only taxis with valid permits may run on the Delft-Mutual and Delft-Epping routes, but taxi violence in Cape Town continued.
- 05:17
Naptosa's Basil Manuel says 145 teachers face corporal punishment charges, mostly in the Western Cape, though it has been banned since 1996 and no Eastern Cape teachers have been charged.