RC 261020Cape TalkJohn Maytham
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
A Steenberg gang shooting and high-speed chase dominated the afternoon, alongside bail rulings for ex-police brass, a R20.7-billion irregular spending audit, and Tshwane's contaminated water crisis.
- 15:02
Two men were shot dead on Military Road in Steenberg and five gangsters were arrested after a high-speed chase, with police recovering two assault rifles from a hijacked vehicle.
- 15:04
Randburg Magistrates Court denied bail to former deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya, accused of grooming a 16-year-old girl and raping an 18-year-old woman; the court said release could let him interfere with the case.
- 15:03
Former crime intelligence head Mulangi Mpego was granted R5,000 bail in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court after appearing on charges of unlawful possession of more than 100 police-issued rounds of ammunition.
- 16:30
Tshwane's Bronkhorstspruit water crisis has seen 408 gastrointestinal cases, mostly children, linked to unchlorinated water; Mayor Nasiphi Moya says leadership was not told of the chlorine shortage and an internal probe is under way.
- 15:24
The Auditor General flagged R20.7 billion in irregular expenditure across nine provincial education departments for the year ending March 2026, with the Western Cape accounting for R6.2 billion.