RC 260824SAfmSakina Kamwendo
Monday, 24 August 2026
The show was dominated by a tense Madlanga Commission standoff over Vusimuzi Matlala’s testimony, alongside Ronald Lamola’s cross-examination at the TRC cases inquiry and a brief sport update.
- 12:53
Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga ordered the commission to proceed with Vusimuzi Matlala’s application despite his legal team seeking a stand-down, setting up a possible showdown over whether he must testify on the day.
- 12:23
Matlala’s lawyers said they could not fairly proceed without lead counsel Advocate Anlin van der Heever, who was ill, and because they had not finalised heads of argument or a replying affidavit after consultation problems at the correctional centre.
- 12:52
The commission made clear that if it continued with Matlala’s evidence, his full legal team could withdraw; Matlala himself said he was “in the dark” and had not yet made up his mind.
- 12:17
At the TRC cases inquiry, Ronald Lamola accepted he had been informed at a high level about delays in TRC case prosecutions and repeated that the NPA must work in a victim-centric way with families and the Foundation for Human Rights.
- 12:37
Rassie Erasmus named a largely unchanged Springbok side for the second Test against New Zealand in Cape Town, with Ethan Hooker in for injured Cheslin Kolbe and Siya Kolisi bracketed with Paul de Villiers.