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Friday, 13 November 2026
Friday's Kaya Breakfast led with a Madlanga Commission warning that criminal syndicates nearly took the country, alongside a Joburg pool shutdown and ANC-SACP seat wrangling, all wrapped in Friday the 13th banter.
- 06:01
NICOC's acting coordinator told the Madlanga Commission South Africa would have been lost to criminal syndicates without intelligence intervention, and said the head of crime intelligence had effectively surrendered.
- 06:02
Six accused, including former acting national police commissioner and three other senior SAPS officials, face 34 charges including fraud and corruption over police software tenders worth a combined 54 million rand.
- 06:04
City Power says some Mayfair substation customers may stay without electricity until next weekend, though 98% of first-phase repairs are complete and some reconnections start Sunday, subject to safety tests.
- 06:04
Nine Zimbabwean nationals arrested for allegedly trying to join the Russia-Ukraine war face charges under the Foreign Military Assistance Act; bail applications are set for 17 and 23 November.
- 07:05
Johannesburg will close all municipal swimming pools from Monday, 16 November, after a chlorine shortage; the city says operating untreated pools poses a serious health risk and emergency procurement is under way.