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Saturday, 24 October 2026
News bulletins dominated this Saturday's Kaya Countdown, with fatal crashes and a shack fire, a stark corruption warning from Justice Madlanga, and the run-up to Ekurhuleni's local elections.
- 10:00
Six people were killed and six seriously injured when a minibus taxi carrying 16 occupants collided head-on with a truck on the R61 in the Eastern Cape, travelling from Beaufort West.
- 09:00
Four men died after a fire destroyed multiple homes at an informal settlement in Pomona near Kempton Park, leaving scores of people homeless after it broke out just before 2 a.m.
- 11:02
Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga warned that worsening corruption threatens the country's stability and future, calling for drastic measures to root it out in his Oliver Tambo Memorial Lecture keynote.
- 11:03
Two Lesotho nationals were convicted in the Ficksburg High Court of a 2024 double murder at the Maseru Bridge port of entry, after being extradited from Lesotho in July.
- 10:01
The DA holds its final rally in Kempton Park today, 11 days before the November local government elections, where its Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate will outline her vision for the city.