RC 260818SAfmSakina Kamwendo
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
NSFAS’s systemic funding failures dominated the hour, alongside a court update on the Rea Park shootings, a hypertension medicine recall, and a child abuse material arrest.
- 12:12
Public Protector findings say NSFAS improperly funded more than 40,000 students at 76 institutions to the tune of R5.1 billion, with only about R2 billion recovered so far.
- 12:12
The Public Protector gave NSFAS and other affected parties 60 days to respond before final findings and remedial action, after citing delays, accommodation problems, withheld certificates and weak governance.
- 12:25
Jamal Meyer, 24, appeared in the Boksburg Magistrates Court over the Rea Park mass shooting; he faces four murder counts, attempted murder, robbery and unlawful ammunition charges.
- 12:41
SAHPRA ordered the recall of four enalapril 10mg Aria batches after tests found the medicine contained only about two-thirds of the stated active ingredient, risking weaker blood-pressure control.
- 12:53
A 16-year-old boy was arrested in Malmesbury for accessing, possessing, facilitating and downloading child sexual abuse material, after intelligence from the FBI, US Embassy and NCMEC.