Monday, 19 October 2026

Former President Thabo Mbeki told the TRC cases inquiry the ANC's collective amnesty bid for 37 leaders was meant to pressure apartheid leadership, not shield them from prosecution, and calls the allegations a fabrication.

The National Police Commissioner returned to his post after six months' precautionary suspension, with criminal charges withdrawn last month for lack of evidence; procurement reform is his stated priority.

A forensic analyst told the Cape Town Magistrates Court that velocity calculations and physical evidence were inconsistent with Tembe slipping, suggesting she may have been pushed or jumped from the Pepper Club Hotel.

Students from a Cape Town musical theatre academy stage Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods at Theatre on the Bay in Camps Bay from 24 October to 14 November; tickets start at R250.