RC 261029Cape TalkJohn Maytham
Thursday, 29 October 2026
Taxi violence dominated the afternoon, with Delft's rank shut under army guard and the Carter-Codeta dispute unresolved, alongside a R99 million asset freeze and Zuma-Sambudla's bid to drop terrorism charges.
- 16:01
Codeta taxis resumed operating after a meeting with the Western Cape government and city, but Carter did not attend and its services remain unconfirmed. The Delft-Langa-Epping route dispute has claimed about a dozen lives.
- 15:03
The NPA has frozen at least R99 million in assets linked to a taxi boss and co-accused, including Ferraris, a Porsche and BMWs, in an extortion and money laundering case.
- 17:04
The state says there are reasonable grounds to convict Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla of inciting violence over her July 2021 tweets. Her lawyers call the case weak, with a ruling due next Friday.
- 15:31
Stats SA's rebasing lifted 2022 nominal GDP by about R324 billion to nearly R7 trillion, pulling the estimated gross debt ratio for this fiscal year to about 74.5% from 78.2%.
- 15:40
Icasa has published draft rules requiring mobile operators to check subscribers' fingerprints or faces against Home Affairs records when activating, swapping or keeping SIM cards, open for public comment.