RC 261019SAfmJon Gericke
Monday, 19 October 2026
Police accountability dominated this Monday's Night Fall, with Commissioner Masemola's return to work, five Limpopo officers arrested for corruption, and a Patriotic Alliance ban on media at party events.
- 22:00
Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola resumed duties after the President lifted his precautionary suspension, once the NPA withdrew criminal charges. Ian Cameron wants integrity management made the top priority.
- 22:01
Five police officers stationed at Polokwane International Airport in Limpopo were arrested for corruption and defeating the ends of justice, and are expected in court tomorrow.
- 22:02
Tests on patients with a gastrointestinal illness found no cholera, but high E. coli levels were found in water from a treatment plant that wasn't chlorinated. A response team is probing the matter.
- 22:03
World Athletics has ordered Athletics South Africa to remove president James Molloy with immediate effect and carry out a comprehensive overhaul within six months, or face provisional suspension.
- 22:09
Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie's Patriotic Alliance has banned media from its events over negative coverage, after party members shouted 'no media' at a City News photographer in Westbury.