RC 261013Cape TalkClarence Ford

Tuesday, 13 October 2026

Cape Talk's Views and News ran ahead of the 4 November local elections, with the Hani family's push for an inquest, Shadrack Sibiya's court matters, and Cape Town's contested N2 wall dominating.

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  1. 11:01

    At his bail hearing in Randburg, an affidavit alleged former deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya threatened the father of a teenager he is accused of sexually grooming.

  2. 11:19

    The Hani family is seeking an inquest into Chris Hani's 1993 assassination, arguing that the known gunman and alleged mastermind do not tell the whole story.

  3. 09:05

    The ANC told the Constitutional Court it followed all required steps to submit its candidate lists, despite not clicking the final submit button for six municipalities.

  4. 09:04

    Cape Town's R114 million, three-metre safety wall along a nine-kilometre stretch of the N2 is becoming an election battleground, with critics saying it hides poverty rather than tackling crime.

  5. 09:25

    Hout Bay pensioner Beryl Frey, 64, has been out of her home for nearly 10 months after a clinic property wall collapsed onto her Wendy house. She is uninsured and estimates R260,000 in damage.