RC 261026Cape TalkJohn Maytham
Monday, 26 October 2026
Monday's Afternoon Drive covered a deadly water contamination crisis in Bronkhorstspruit, a gang trial in Cape Town, and the run-up to next week's local elections, with a detour into quirky street names.
- 15:34
Bronkhorstspruit gastrointestinal illness has reached 833 people, 328 of them children, after Tshwane's wastewater plant failed to chlorinate the water supplied to the community.
- 15:02
A Milnerton police sergeant told the Western Cape High Court he did not grant Ralph Stanfield permission to remove a black BMW from the Palm Springs complex in Brooklyn, contradicting an earlier witness.
- 15:03
Eugene de Kock told the TRC cases inquiry that former prosecutor Anton Ackerman shielded senior generals and politicians, and that de Kock was the only one prosecuted for apartheid atrocities.
- 15:32
Premier Alan Winde wants tighter water restrictions before the national assessment later this month, as Cape Town's dams sit significantly lower than a year ago.
- 15:05
The ANC, which fell from 37% in 2006 to 18% five years ago, says it has arrested its Western Cape decline and is targeting at least 26% in the upcoming local elections.