Monday, 19 October 2026

Former president Thabo Mbeki told the TRC cases inquiry he rejects allegations that his administration interfered in apartheid-era prosecutions, saying neither he nor cabinet had authority to direct prosecutors to pursue or abandon cases.

CCTV footage shown at the Durban High Court trial of seven men accused of murdering rapper Keenan Forbes shows him being followed at King Shaka airport by a man resembling one of the accused, a surveillance analyst testified.

At the Cape Town inquest into the death of Keenan Forbes's late fiancée, a forensic analyst testified that velocity calculations and physical evidence were inconsistent with her slipping, suggesting she was pushed or jumped from a 10th-floor hotel.

Suliman Carrim's bail hearing at the Pretoria Magistrate's Court will turn on alleged tailoring of evidence, after he was charged with contravening the commission's act for missing several Madlanga Commission appearances.