RC 260807702Mandy Wiener
Friday, 7 August 2026
The show was dominated by breaking crime and election news, with police updates on murders and political killings, plus the ANC’s late local-government campaign moves.
- 12:00
Police now treat the deaths of Saint Stithians-linked teenagers Cameron Waldick Cooks and Ethan Kutsia as a murder investigation; post-mortem findings suggest strangulation for one and suicide for the other.
- 12:01
Cooperative Governance Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa proclaimed 4 November as local government election day, with the voters’ roll closing at midnight and more than 29 million people already registered.
- 12:09
The ANC is finalising its local government manifesto, to be launched by Cyril Ramaphosa on 23 August, but still had not named Johannesburg mayoral candidates despite polling that puts the party on 18% there.
- 12:38
Police say the Political Killings Task Team has arrested more than 400 suspects since 2018 and has recorded seven arrests linked to recent politically motivated murders ahead of the elections.
- 12:41
A Labour and Home Affairs raid at a Chinese-owned clothing factory in Hammersdale led to at least 28 arrests for work-permit breaches, amid allegations of long hours, sub-minimum pay and unsafe conditions.