RC 261021702Mandy Wiener
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Former Justice Minister Bridget Mabandla's TRC testimony on alleged prosecution interference dominated the Midday Report, alongside an airport bomb threat and a Tshwane water-linked gastro outbreak.
- 12:12
Former Justice Minister Bridget Mabandla's supplementary affidavit denies making any call to prosecutor Silas Ramaite to halt TRC prosecutions, after first saying she had no recollection of one.
- 12:01
Police are responding to a bomb threat at an Eastern Cape airport after an unknown caller using a private number alleged a bomb was on board an aircraft. All 184 passengers have been disembarked.
- 12:04
Tshwane says the chlorine failure behind the Bronkhorstspruit gastro outbreak, now 433 confirmed cases mostly in children under four, was limited to one treatment works that ran unchlorinated for weeks.
- 12:27
A former crime intelligence analyst says forensic examination showed Deputy National Commissioner Mfazi did not die of natural causes, despite a COVID-19 cover story, and the family wants full punishment.
- 12:44
Inflation rose to 4.5% in September from 4.4% in August, driven mainly by fuel, with overall fuel inflation near 28% and diesel almost 50% higher.