RC 261023SAfmSakina Kamwendo
Friday, 23 October 2026
Tshwane's water contamination crisis dominated Friday's Update at Noon, alongside a TRC inquiry extension request, Charles Nqakula's testimony, and a Nigerian Ebola case linked to Uganda.
- 12:05
Residents of Bronkhorstspruit and surrounding areas must not use tap water beyond flushing toilets after a gastrointestinal outbreak; 408 people allegedly fell ill, most of them children under four.
- 12:03
The TRC cases inquiry has written to President Ramaphosa seeking an extension, with spokesperson Lionel Adendorf saying more people were implicated during the last 100 hearing days.
- 12:02
Former safety and security minister Charles Nqakula rejected claims he colluded with apartheid-era security generals to secure pardons for human rights abusers, saying he took offence at the allegations.
- 12:06
Nigeria's first Ebola case is the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat, believed to have caught the virus in Uganda, and Africa CDC is checking whether she crossed paths with Kenya's first patient.
- 12:19
The SAHRC says Tshwane's ageing wastewater plants are under-maintained and underfunded, and expects to finalise its Bronkhorstspruit water investigation by the end of next week.