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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.