RC 260929SAfmAshraf Garda
Tuesday, 29 September 2026
The episode centred on escalating gender-based violence, the bail case against Shadrach Sibia, firearm reform, government accountability and tense South Africa-US relations.
- 15:40
President Cyril Ramaphosa was due to address the nation at 7pm on government measures against gender-based violence and femicide, including investigations into killings in Ekurhuleni.
- 15:11
Suspended deputy police commissioner Shadrach Sibia denied rape, human-trafficking and sexual-grooming allegations, calling the charges politically motivated; his bail hearing was adjourned to Thursday.
- 15:38
A Gauteng police operation arrested 121 suspected illegal miners and recovered five firearms, including an AK-47, ammunition and illegal mining equipment in Fochville.
- 15:56
An investigative report found Gauteng Social Development spent R3.2 million on forensic audits, while officials escaped accountability and welfare organisations were wrongly defunded after being cleared.
- 16:14
Civil Society South Africa called for a modernised digital firearms registry, stronger tracing and enforcement, arguing proposed reforms risk targeting lawful gun owners instead of criminal networks.