RC 261030SAfmElvis Presslin
Friday, 30 October 2026
Parties pressed the presidency over a withheld Iran Navy exercise report, while the proposed Hawks head appointment and a R99 million asset freeze dominated this Friday's First Take SA.
- 05:00
Parties in parliament are demanding that President Cyril Ramaphosa release an independent panel report on the alleged inclusion of the Iranian Navy in the Simon's Town naval drills, but the presidency has ruled out making it public, citing national security.
- 05:06
Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has asked cabinet to approve KZN Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi as the new head of the Hawks, after he exposed alleged criminal and political infiltration in July last year.
- 05:04
The NPA has frozen assets worth R99 million linked to a Mpumalanga taxi boss through a provisional restraint order, obtained by the asset forfeiture unit on the basis that the assets may be proceeds of crime.
- 05:57
Durban is the preferred host city for South Africa's Olympic bid, with SASCOC's next step a formal proposal to the International Olympic Committee, which will assess facilities, funding and infrastructure.
- 05:44
The EFF has launched an urgent Gauteng High Court application for trial records in a criminal case alleging a covert state intelligence operation targeted its parliamentary caucus.