RC 261113Cape TalkJohn Maytham
Friday, 13 November 2026
Friday's Afternoon Drive was dominated by a split Western Cape High Court ruling on the impeachment committee, alongside the Microsoft outage and a closer look at South Africa's solar panel recycling challenge.
- 15:02
The Western Cape High Court dismissed challenges by the EFF and ALPA to Parliament's impeachment committee dropping its recommendation of an advocate as evidence leader, though the full bench was divided.
- 17:01
The majority judgment found the committee had power to rescind that recommendation and did not misconstrue the conflict-of-interest criterion, after the advocate disclosed advising the ANC on the impeachment matter.
- 15:29
Solar panels in South Africa are failing sooner than expected because of intense irradiance, and recycler Stefan Schroeder expects 40,000 to 50,000 tons of solar modules a year to be recycled by 2035.
- 17:02
Women make up 33% of declared councillors, mostly through PR lists, according to the IEC; the EFF has the highest share at 46.5%, while the IFP has the lowest at 18.7%.
- 16:30
A Reaction Unit officer told the Madlanga Commission that former JMPD superintendent Phineas Manyama instructed officers to release two suspects arrested in a cocaine bust, and to accept money.