Solid Gold Saturday

Saturday, 31 October 2026

Cape Town's taxi violence and its airport fallout, the Andrea Johnson bail case, and the DPCI appointment dominated this Saturday's news coverage.

1. 10:00

   Former senior prosecutor Andrea Johnson was granted 10,000 rand bail alongside dismissed General Feroz Khan over an alleged 2018 unlawful sharing of a police docket, and must surrender her passport.

2. 10:01

   Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has chosen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi to head the DPCI, pending cabinet and parliamentary confirmation, after the post was advertised twice with no suitable candidate.

3. 11:00

   Taxi violence that has claimed about a dozen lives left around half of Cape Town airport's staff unable to get to work, delaying at least 60 mainly domestic flights by up to an hour.

4. 11:02

   The Western Cape High Court has granted an interim interdict against the two warring taxi associations, barring violence, road blockades, route takeovers and extortion through threats.

5. 19:05

   South Africa beat Australia by 176 runs at Newlands to win the Test series 2-1, with Simon Harmer taking six wickets for 16 runs in the final innings.

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