RC 261019947Zweli Mbhele
Monday, 19 October 2026
Matt Flax stood in for Zweli with listeners' DIY disaster stories, while the news block centred on Suliman Carrim's delayed bail hearing, police leadership and TRC testimony.
- 12:01
Controversial businessman Suliman Carrim remains behind bars after his bail hearing was postponed again; bail judgment is due next Wednesday at the Pretoria Magistrates Court. He was arrested at OR Tambo before boarding a flight to Dubai.
- 12:02
National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola returned to office after charges against him were withdrawn and his suspension lifted, pledging to focus resources on frontline policing at neighbourhood police stations.
- 13:01
Police arrested 92 people in an operation at West Village in Krugersdorp, seizing a package of explosives, two unlicensed firearms and illegal mining tools; all will be charged with suspected illegal mining after immigration verification.
- 14:02
Former president Thabo Mbeki told the TRC cases inquiry that allegations his government devised a mechanism to shield apartheid-era perpetrators from prosecution are a complete fabrication.