RC 260916SAfmKoketso Sachane
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
The episode centred on escalating crime in Gauteng, a planned Kempton Park lockdown, the ANC’s electoral appeal and worsening South Africa-US tensions over visa restrictions.
- 20:28
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi said Kempton Park would face an intelligence-led lockdown, with extensive roadblocks, searches, aerial support and police deployments to pursue leads in eight women’s murders.
- 21:01
Police identified the eighth Ekurhuleni murder victim as 38-year-old Dine Evelyn Mutapane; a DA reward of R500,000 lifted the total offered for information to R900,000.
- 20:10
The ANC will appeal the Electoral Court’s dismissal of its case over candidate lists missing in six municipalities, after the court found it had not pressed the final submission button.
- 21:20
Foreign-policy analyst Peter Fabricius said Washington’s visa restrictions remain unclear, with no names published, while South Africa has responded cautiously to avoid further damaging bilateral relations.
- 20:43
Dintle Beauty founder Pabalo Molata described growing from a home salon opened before lockdown into two branches and a professional nail-product range, while delaying franchising until the model is ready.