Tuesday, 4 August 2026
The hour was dominated by testimony at the Madlanga Commission, scrutiny of Gayton McKenzie’s R31 million World Cup trip, and a fresh push by March and March to launch a litigation NGO.
The Midday Report · 702 · Mandy Wiener
- 12:12
Peter Sarunye told the Madlanga Commission the IDAC team sent to arrest Dumisani Kumalo and Dineo Mkweli was unusually junior, with concerns raised that a junior prosecutor was put on the matter without proper oversight.
- 12:15
Sarunye said the corruption charge was not sustainable on the available evidence, and that junior colleagues felt unable to challenge Andrea Johnson directly because of power dynamics and a poor relationship with investigators.
- 12:20
Gayton McKenzie was due before Parliament to explain the R31 million spent on the 2026 FIFA World Cup delegation, with MPs demanding the full names, qualifications and costs of all 151 delegates.
- 12:55
Jacinta Ngubesi Zuma said March and March will register a non-profit called SA First to litigate for ordinary South Africans, push legal challenges and build schools, funded by South African businesspeople.
- 12:52
Cape Town’s plan to seek court backing for investigative powers for metro police was challenged by a security expert, who said municipal policing should focus on prevention, regulation and local enforcement, not detective work.