RC 261017Kaya 959Thomas Msengana
Saturday, 17 October 2026
Saturday's news bulletins led with the IEC rejecting ANC intimidation claims, police leadership changes and court developments, plus a new Ebola case in Kenya.
- 06:00
The IEC has rejected claims it was intimidated by the ANC over its legal battle on failed submissions, saying it has accepted the Constitutional Court's decision and is focused on the elections.
- 07:02
Charges against Masemola were formally withdrawn by the Pretoria Magistrates Court in September after the NPA ordered the move, and he resumes his duties as head of the SAPS from Monday.
- 07:03
Businessman Suliman Carrim, arrested at OR Tambo before a flight to Dubai, appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates Court charged with failing to honour a summons to testify before the commission. He denies corruption.
- 07:04
Kenya has confirmed a third Ebola case, a 65-year-old woman related to the first two patients. Health officials have traced and quarantined 127 of 130 identified contacts and see no community transmission.
- 08:00
Police seized counterfeit goods worth more than R116 million in a Johannesburg CBD operation, which police say poses serious health and safety risks to consumers and costs legitimate businesses jobs.