RC 261113947Zweli Mbhele
Friday, 13 November 2026
Bribery claims at the Madlanga Commission, a racial slur allegation before the Judicial Conduct Tribunal and a global Outlook outage dominated this Friday afternoon episode.
- 12:01
Hawks official Puti Mashala says he and a colleague were offered money to make a 1.5 million rand theft case disappear. The case involves a JMPD officer already convicted and awaiting sentencing.
- 13:02
Madlanga told Hawks officials they were ill-advised. Mashala admitted it was a mistake to tell a suspect, who was also a colleague, about the entrapment operation.
- 12:03
Microsoft's hours-long outage knocked out Outlook, Teams and Copilot across 74 countries and territories, which Microsoft blamed on elevated load on its infrastructure.
- 13:03
Court clerk Tozamile Smekazi told the Judicial Conduct Tribunal that Judge Belinda Hartle verbally abused him and used a racial slur. Hartle denies using the slur.
- 13:04
The scholar transport driver accused in the Thunderbell Park crash that killed 14 learners will undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether he is fit to stand trial.