RC 261025SAfmAngela Ludek
Sunday, 25 October 2026
Mostly jazz and vocal standards, with news bulletins dominated by a Cape Flats mass shooting, a ghost-worker probe and a water contamination scare in Bronkhorstspruit.
- 11:02
Treasury has flagged 4,323 high-risk cases of possible ghost workers across national and provincial departments. Parliament's Public Service Committee wants to know who created them, how much will be recovered, and how many cases go to prosecution.
- 11:02
Gunmen reportedly stormed a home in Steenberg on the Cape Flats and opened fire, killing five people and wounding three others. Police have launched a manhunt, and the Western Cape police oversight minister condemned the attack.
- 12:01
Over 500 residents in Bronkhorstspruit fell ill after drinking water the City of Tshwane failed to chlorinate adequately. Civil society group Water Can says accountability is lacking and the official who made the decision must be fired.
- 11:05
A local man drowned at a Wilderness beach in the Western Cape after entering the surf to rescue two teenage boys caught in rip currents. One boy reached shore safely, and NSRI rescuers were still assisting the others.
- 10:04
South Africa hosts the Africa Diaspora Conference in Ekurhuleni this week. International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola and former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf are among the speakers.