RC 261023702Stephen Grootes
Friday, 23 October 2026
Contaminated water in Tshwane dominated the episode, alongside SARS handing over more than 100 tax cases to the NPA and Pick n Pay withdrawing its retrenchment process.
- 19:01
The Health Department has recorded 595 gastrointestinal cases linked to contaminated water in Bronkhorstspruit, 44% of them children under four, confirmed as water-borne rather than food-related.
- 18:01
Tshwane has suspended the Bronkhorstspruit wastewater treatment plant manager, pending an independent external investigation, after the plant failed to chlorinate water supplied to households.
- 18:12
SARS has now handed more than 100 cases arising from commissions of inquiry, including the Zondo and Madlanga commissions, over to the NPA to decide on prosecution.
- 18:02
Pick n Pay has withdrawn its Section 189A retrenchment consultation process after reaching an agreement with its main union, following strong union opposition to the May process.