RC 261026702Mandy Wiener
Monday, 26 October 2026
Mandy Wiener's Monday show was dominated by the 510-soldier deployment to KwaZulu-Natal ahead of local elections, Gauteng water contamination, and Eugene de Kock's testimony at the TRC inquiry.
- 12:02
President Ramaphosa has informed Parliament that 510 SANDF members will deploy to KwaZulu-Natal until 30 November, supporting Operation Prosper amid anti-immigration protests in Durban.
- 12:32
Water minister Pemmy Majodina will audit all water treatment plants in Gauteng after contaminated water from the Bronkhorstspruit plant was traced to Tshwane's failure to chlorinate it.
- 12:24
Katiso Molefe's murder trial in the Johannesburg High Court was postponed to 19 July 2027, because its evidence and prosecutors overlap with a related case that is already under way.
- 12:25
Eugene de Kock, testifying at the TRC cases inquiry, said he was made a scapegoat and that FW de Klerk should not have received the Nobel Prize.
- 12:04
Mussi Maimane, chair of Parliament's appropriations committee, says SAA's financial problems stem from its ownership structure and government should move away from being its sole owner.