RC 261019SAfmCathy Mohlahlana
Monday, 19 October 2026
National Police Commissioner Fani Masemola returns to work after his reinstatement, with Ramaphosa's anti-corruption mandate and Mbeki's TRC inquiry testimony dominating the Monday agenda.
- 08:01
President Ramaphosa lifted National Police Commissioner Fani Masemola's suspension on Friday, and he resumes full duties today after the charges against him were withdrawn.
- 06:01
Ramaphosa says Masemola's mandate is to clean the police service of all corruption, including a renewed reform process, after his April suspension over a controversial SAPS health services contract.
- 06:55
A former Western Cape police commissioner has written to the acting police minister calling for legal qualification and operational experience requirements for the country's most senior police officers.
- 06:02
DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis wants a proper lifestyle audit of every senior officer in SAPS national leadership, arguing that criminals cannot be tolerated in the police if crime is to be tackled.
- 07:14
Former president Thabo Mbeki testifies at the TRC cases inquiry on whether political interference kept apartheid-era cases out of court, a question the families have waited decades to hear answered.