RC 260806SAfmSakina Kamwendo
Thursday, 6 August 2026
Madlanga Commission testimony on IDAC dominated the hour, alongside developments on the Free State bus-crash repatriations and a police raid in Pietermaritzburg.
- 12:03
Matthew Sisoko told the Madlanga Commission the IDAC operational manual was an official policy document approved by him and Andrea Johnson, contradicting her earlier claim that it was only a draft.
- 12:11
Sisoko said he warned investigators in January 2025 about former IPID official Cedric Nkabinde, alleging he colluded with suspects in the blue-lights police corruption investigation.
- 12:16
The Commission’s second interim report has led President Cyril Ramaphosa to start disciplinary proceedings against Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya, Sergeant Fannie Nkosi, Witness G and Brown Mokotzi, with possible criminal charges to follow.
- 12:06
Repatriation of the 11 Free State bus-crash victims began, with Zimbabwe’s consul general meeting provincial officials and families; 10 injured passengers remained in Bloemfontein hospitals.
- 12:29
In Pietermaritzburg CBD, police and labour inspectors detained more than 20 undocumented people, arrested one man with heroin and closed three businesses for lacking valid operating permits.