RC 260818Cape TalkLester Kiewit
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Politics and policing dominated, with sharp focus on the ad hoc inquiry into Senzo Mchunu, while Operation Prosper and major crime and court stories also drew attention.
- 06:03
ANC defended Senzo Mchunu over the disbandment of the political killings task team, while the ad hoc committee again split over what belongs in its final report, due 11 September.
- 07:13
Political economist Dale McKinley said Parliament’s inquiry has limited powers and risks becoming theatre; real accountability still sits with the Madlanga Commission and any criminal referrals it can trigger.
- 07:26
Cape Crime Crisis Coalition chair Llewellyn McMaster said Operation Prosper’s R823 million deployment has not made communities feel safer, with no major kingpin arrests and little community consultation.
- 06:31
Police and courts featured heavily: a Mitchells Plain sergeant faces corruption charges after allegedly taking cash for smuggling contraband, while a gunman was killed after a Robertson farm shootout that wounded an officer.