RC 260814702Mandy Wiener
Friday, 14 August 2026
The hour was dominated by the Madlanga Commission’s moves against non-cooperative witnesses, with Suleiman Karim referred for possible prosecution and Fadiel Adams again in court, before turning to polling and the NSFAS ruling.
- 12:11
Suleiman Karim was referred to the NPA for possible criminal prosecution after repeatedly skipping the Madlanga Commission and refusing an independent medical assessment, with the commission citing five postponements since April.
- 12:20
Legal expert Paul Pretorius said failure to obey a properly issued subpoena is an offence, and that the commission can also pursue doctors who help witnesses evade attendance through false certificates.
- 12:28
Fadiel Adams’s KZN fraud and defeating the ends of justice case was postponed to 11 September, while he insisted Parliament lied about his malfunctioning state laptop and hinted at more revelations at the commission.
- 12:41
Professor Suzanne Boysen said current polling points to the ANC sliding nationally and in Johannesburg and KwaZulu-Natal, while the DA is up in some surveys; she also said the polls are directionally useful despite differences between firms.
- 12:45
A Pretoria High Court ruling found the Higher Education Minister’s appointment of NSFAS administrator Professor Kgengani Matabula irrational, ordering him interdicted and the dissolved board to return to work immediately.