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Sakina Kamwendo · Mon–Fri · 12:00–13:00 SAST. A daily recap of what the show covered, cited to the broadcast minute.
Latest recap · Tuesday, 4 August 2026
The hour was dominated by the Madlanga Commission, Westbury’s gang-violence crisis, and a Beijing push to lock in Chinese investment for South Africa’s energy build-out.
- 12:02
Madlanga Commission testimony said no deputy director of public prosecutions was appointed project leader in the Lieutenant General Dumisani Kumalo case; junior prosecutor Joy Latoy was allocated instead, unusually and without the DDPP’s knowledge.
- 12:11
A SAPS internal hearing found forensic analyst Captain Lawrence Mohoetle guilty of dishonesty for issuing a corrected ballistics report and changing correction dates; legal analyst Tabi Seng Dubazana said that evidence can still matter in criminal or civil proceedings.
- 12:21
South Africa’s energy delegation in Beijing said six Chinese companies have already committed to local projects, with talks centred on R2.2 trillion in generation and R440 billion in transmission investment, plus new factories and industrial localisation.
- 12:09
Westbury residents again gathered to protest gang violence, saying more than 70 people a year are being killed, mostly young men, and describing a brutal 'face-off' shooting culture involving ever-younger children.
- 12:46
EThekwini will investigate claims that municipal water-tanker drivers in Umbumbulu are selling water after a 38-year-old resident was killed by a tanker during a confrontation; the community says the water crisis has made tankers a permanent problem.