RC 260812SAfmAshraf Garda
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Ashraf Garda’s show was dominated by hard political and governance talk, led by the Madlanga Commission, the Constitutional Court’s Ramaphosa ruling, and regional crises in Zimbabwe and Zambia.
- 15:09
IPID’s Len John told the Madlanga Commission that cash-in-transit task team members allegedly work off unverified intelligence, operate at night in plain clothes, and may be used in taxi-wars killings.
- 17:03
The Constitutional Court refused direct appeals against the Western Cape High Court interdict on Parliament’s Ramaphosa impeachment process, leaving the review application for September while the committee keeps preparing.
- 16:12
Zimbabwe raised its Lake Kariba ferry disaster toll to 44 dead and 77 rescued; the overloaded 41-year-old ferry sank in heavy Binga waves and the president declared a national disaster.
- 16:22
SADC ministers in Durban focused on industrialisation, migration and regional security, with South Africa pushing undocumented-migration measures and heads of state due to meet through Monday.
- 17:24
A 17-year-old, Sinen Clantla Sikulilenkosi, won the South African Youth Water Prize for a microplastics solution using barrier coatings in plastic containers and will represent South Africa in Stockholm.