RC 260822702Nonn Botha
Saturday, 22 August 2026
The episode was dominated by hard news: a GBVF remembrance walk for Uyinene Mrwetyana, ANC mayoral shortlist announcements, and fallout from withdrawn crime-intelligence charges.
- 16:02
About 400 people walked from Ross Common House in Claremont to UCT to honour Uyinene Mrwetyana and renew calls to confront gender-based violence and femicide.
- 16:03
The ANC shortlisted Reverend Frank Chikane, Dada Morero and Loiso Somasugum for Johannesburg mayor, while Ngosindipile Kragaza is among four finalists for Ekurhuleni.
- 17:04
Public Interest South Africa wants accountability after fraud charges were withdrawn against crime intelligence head Dumisani Kumalo and others, and says taxpayers should not carry the cost.
- 15:01
Western Cape police said progress is being made in the Garden Route triple-murder probe, but no arrests have been made yet in the killings of three ANC officials.