RC 261014Kaya 959Glen Lewis
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Kosatu's leadership change and Shadrack Sibiya's bail hearing dominated the afternoon, with a Constitutional Court ruling in the ANC's candidate-list fight with the IEC due tomorrow.
- 15:00
Mike Shingange has been elected president of Kosatu, replacing Zingiswa Losi, who moves into the general secretary role after a narrowly contested race at the reconvened 15th National Congress.
- 15:02
Former deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya denied threatening Mr. M's family during closing arguments in his Randburg bail hearing, and his lawyer dismissed an audio recording allegedly capturing a threat.
- 16:02
Sibiya's lawyer, Advocate Estelle Killian, argued that the seriousness of a rape charge does not automatically rule out bail, citing earlier judgments where rape accused were granted bail.
- 17:00
The Constitutional Court will hand down judgment tomorrow at 10am in the ANC's challenge to the IEC, after the party's candidates were excluded in six municipalities over a missed Submit as Final click.
- 15:02
The IEC says more than 2.5 million voters have been approved to cast special votes ahead of the 4 November local government elections.