RC 261109Power FMThabiso "TK" Kotane
Monday, 9 November 2026
Kat Matlala's testimony at the Madlanga Commission dominated the afternoon, with fresh claims that investigators pressed him to implicate senior police officials, alongside fallout from the local government elections.
- 15:01
Vusimuzi Matlala told the Madlanga Commission that IDAC investigators approached him at C-Max, allegedly seeking his cooperation in implicating senior SAPS officials, including National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola.
- 16:31
Matlala told the commission that IDAC investigators offered him a reduced sentence in exchange for cooperation, but he told the state prosecutor he would not take the plea deal.
- 15:04
A political analyst says President Ramaphosa is unlikely to be forced out as ANC president, despite the party securing only about 30% of the national vote in the local government elections.
- 15:34
Northwest businessman Suliman Carrim denied knowing about or taking part in an alleged plan to smuggle three vehicles into Zimbabwe, saying he was a psychiatric patient in Cape Town at the time.