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Monday, 19 October 2026
Masemola's return to lead the SAPS, Mbeki's TRC testimony on apartheid-era negotiations, and a listener debate over a family WhatsApp joke dominated this morning's Best T in the City.
- 10:00
National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola returned after a six-month precautionary suspension, vowing to unite the SAPS rather than settle scores, as charges over a R360 million tender were withdrawn.
- 11:00
Former president Thabo Mbeki told the TRC inquiry that the negotiated settlement formed an interconnected framework, warning that changing one element, such as justice policy, could undermine the whole deal.
- 09:06
The state opposes bail for a businessman arrested at OR Tambo International Airport before a Dubai flight, arguing he could flee the country and noting he owns several properties.
- 09:07
South Africa marked Black Wednesday, the 1977 crackdown when apartheid authorities banned The World and Weekend World, outlawed 19 Black Consciousness organisations and detained journalists.
- 10:20
Listeners debated whether a man must apologise for a WhatsApp joke about his pregnant cousin, a mother of two with different fathers, after she left the family group; many said he should.