RC 261020Cape TalkLester Kiewit
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Court cases dominated, including Suliman Carrim's bail fight and Shadrack Sibiya's pending judgment, alongside a Tshwane water contamination warning and renewed scrutiny of DA candidate Rudy Stevens.
- 06:02
Suliman Carrim, arrested at OR Tambo before an international flight, faces a charge under the Commissions Act for missing Madlanga Commission appearances. Prosecutors question his ill health claims and bail judgment is due next Wednesday.
- 07:03
Former deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya awaits the Randburg Magistrates Court bail judgment. He is accused of sexually grooming a 16-year-old and raping an 18-year-old, allegations he denies, and has resigned from SAPS.
- 07:33
Residents in Bronkhorstspruit and surrounding areas are warned not to drink tap water, even if boiled, after norovirus, Campylobacter and Shigella were detected. The city is deploying 36 water tankers.
- 07:05
Former president Thabo Mbeki told the TRC inquiry there was no instance of the executive intervening to stop prosecutions referred by the TRC, and said the NPA should answer for the delays.
- 06:13
DA Ward 108 candidate Rudy Stevens faces scrutiny after a 2021 video of him assaulting his then-wife resurfaced. He says he has been rehabilitated, but his former wife says the assaults happened in 2013, 2017 and 2021.