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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.

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  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.