RC 261018SAfmAngela Ludek
Sunday, 18 October 2026
Mostly soul and jazz picks on Seasons, with news updates dominated by election-season violence, a Cape Town gang shooting, police leadership debate and changed grant payment dates.
- 10:01
Two ANC members were shot dead and three others wounded during a door-to-door election campaign in KwaZulu-Natal's Ward 98 on Thursday.
- 10:00
Two men, aged 33 and 44, were killed and two others injured in a suspected gang-related shooting in Cape Town, where police say gunmen in two vehicles opened fire before fleeing.
- 12:01
DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says the National Police Commissioner should focus on introducing lifestyle audits for senior police officers, as the NPA withdrew charges and the commissioner returns to work.
- 10:02
SASSA has moved social grant payment dates ahead of the 4 November local elections: older persons grants on 30 October, disability grants on 2 November, children's grants on 3 November.
- 12:03
Health officials recorded four new mpox cases, bringing the year's lab-confirmed total to 26, with 18 in the Western Cape, and urged people to seek care promptly for symptoms.