RC 260921SAfmAshraf Garda
Monday, 21 September 2026
Gender-based violence, police capacity and political accountability dominated the episode, alongside major developments involving ANC candidate lists, Fikile Mbalula and serial rape arrests.
- 17:02
Police arrested three suspects in the murder of Jabulile Ntimba; two remain in custody after appearing in court, with a bail application postponed to 1 October.
- 17:15
Two suspected serial rapists have been arrested and linked to 30 alleged attacks between them, including 14 women in Zululand and Gauteng, through DNA and investigative profiling.
- 15:54
A criminology professor estimated South Africa has about 25,000 operational police officers per shift, equating to roughly 39 officers per 100,000 people against a United Nations guideline of about 300.
- 16:16
The ANC weighed appealing the Electoral Court ruling after 181 candidates were rejected for late submission, leaving six municipalities affected and four in the Eastern Cape.
- 17:03
AfriForum said the NPA will prosecute ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula for criminal injury over alleged false child-rape accusations against a former Eastern Cape principal.