RC 261029SAfmAshraf Garda
Thursday, 29 October 2026
Hawks leadership, Western Cape taxi violence and a R99 million asset restraint dominated this afternoon's National Pulse, alongside Durban's Olympic bid and Ramaphosa's housing visit.
- 15:00
Acting Police Minister Feroz Kachalia has submitted a memorandum to cabinet to appoint the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner as Hawks head, a post vacant since May last year.
- 16:00
Police and the City of Cape Town have warned of more drastic measures over Western Cape taxi violence, after shootings between rival associations since 16 October left people dead and injured.
- 15:01
The NPA's Mpumalanga asset forfeiture unit has secured a provisional restraint order over assets estimated at R99 million, including properties in Centurion and Pretoria and luxury vehicles, linked to alleged extortion and organised crime.
- 16:03
SASCOC has named Durban as South Africa's preferred host city for a 2036 or 2040 Olympic and Paralympic bid, which would likely be multi-city, with Johannesburg and Cape Town also named as candidate cities.
- 15:03
Ramaphosa urged beneficiaries of subsidised flood-relief houses near Durban to look after their new homes and not sell them, as more than 140 families moved in from emergency accommodation.