RC 260821Cape TalkJohn Maytham
Friday, 21 August 2026
The episode was dominated by fallout from Fadiel Adams’ Madlanga Commission testimony, with major local politics, CPUT unrest, housing and a Springboks-All Blacks superstition chat filling the rest of the drive.
- 16:01
Fadiel Adams’ Madlanga Commission evidence was repeatedly challenged after he changed parts of his story about travelling to Orlando police station and what he told IDAC in January 2025.
- 15:03
The NPA permanently dropped fraud and corruption charges against seven senior crime intelligence officials, including Dumisani Kumalo and Daneo Mokuele, after accepting representations to stay the prosecution.
- 15:30
CPUT’s protests remained unresolved: the academic programme stayed suspended, talks deadlocked over student representation, and management and students were still open to another meeting.
- 16:04
The ANC opened a criminal complaint against DA finance head Mark Burke and his fintech company Castello over Reserve Bank allegations involving exchange controls and transactions worth about R4 billion.
- 17:15
Joe Nuero argued Cape Town’s housing crisis cannot be solved by just building low-income units in the CBD, saying the city needs a far more complex, mixed housing strategy.