RC 261019SAfmSakina Kamwendo
Monday, 19 October 2026
Former President Thabo Mbeki's testimony at the TRC Cases Inquiry dominated Monday's Update at Noon, alongside Suliman Karim's postponed bail hearing and the police commissioner's return to work.
- 12:12
Former President Thabo Mbeki rejected claims he made a secret deal with apartheid-era military leaders to prevent prosecutions, appearing before the TRC Cases Inquiry in Johannesburg.
- 12:41
Mbeki told the inquiry there would be no general amnesty, and that the NPA, not the president, should decide which unfinished apartheid-era cases deserve prosecution.
- 12:02
Suliman Karim will stay in custody until next Wednesday after his bail hearing was postponed; the state argues he is a flight risk, citing an alleged attempt to leave the country and a missed Madlanga Commission subpoena.
- 12:01
The National Police Commissioner has returned to work, saying he is not seeking revenge or retribution, after President Ramaphosa asked him to clean house at the South African Police Service.