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Friday, 30 October 2026

Friday's POWER Zone led with a deadly surge in Cape Town taxi violence, then covered court cases in Gauteng and Johannesburg and US sanctions on Rwanda, with analyst Daimon Chada in studio.

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    At least nine people were shot, three fatally, in a series of taxi-rank shootings this week, with Western Cape police intensifying intelligence gathering to identify those responsible.

  2. 00:04

    A 46-year-old fugitive wanted in the UK over alleged murders of his wife and two children has told court he cannot recall pleading guilty; the NPA opposes a mental capacity assessment.

  3. 00:03

    The Soweto teacher accused of raping a nine-year-old grade 4 learner in a school toilet has a formal bail application set for 3 November; the MEC urged the court to expedite the matter.

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    The United States imposed new sanctions on Rwanda's Ministry of Defence and a Rwandan financial institution on 28 October, accusing Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebel group in eastern DRC.

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