RC 261014702Mandy Wiener
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Shadrack Sibiya's bail hearing dominated, with a rape complainant's affidavit on suicidal fears, alongside Jacob Zuma dropping his appeals and Vusumuzi Matlala abandoning his bail bid.
- 12:01
The 18-year-old alleged rape victim's affidavit, read in Randburg Magistrates' Court, says she has struggled with suicidal thoughts since the alleged rape and fears for her life if Shadrack Sibiya gets bail.
- 12:21
Former president Jacob Zuma has dropped all his interlocutory appeals, and the NPA says his corruption trial will start in February 2027 with no legal barriers and prosecutors fully prepared.
- 12:02
Alleged underworld figure Vusumuzi Matlala abandoned his bail application in the Pretoria Magistrates' Court in a fraud and forgery case over a luxury Waterkloof Heights lease worth R95,000 a month.
- 12:31
Police have not ruled out that a shooting in Gatlehong, Ekurhuleni, which killed four people and injured two children aged 11 and 14, was politically motivated.
- 12:45
Professor Frederick Kirsten says government has yet to announce any fuel levy decrease, leaving consumers to absorb the petrol price hike while uncertainty over the Middle East conflict continues.