Top Headlines
- Madlanga Commission: Feroz Khan’s in-camera testimony was postponed after his uncle-in-law, Preggy Padayachee, was shot dead on the R21.
- TRC Cases Inquiry (Khampepe): Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma are set to appear soon.
- Elections: The IEC is auditing its results system ahead of the 2026 local government elections — as Mbalula takes the heat for the ANC candidate list debacle.
- Mass shootings: Four separate mass shootings have left 45 people dead; the motive is still unknown.
- Reiger Park mass murder: Two accused were denied bail, while two others were released on R5 000 bail.
- Joburg CBD blackout: City Power has restored 65% of supply and targets full power by Thursday.
- Energy: Nersa proposes a five-year ban on automated electricity trading; Mteto Nyati has been reappointed Eskom board chairperson.
- Banking: FNB opens crypto trading to customers from just R10.
Madlanga, Justice & Accountability
- IDAC has withdrawn its R191m blue-lights case against former police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane.
- SAPS is pushing ahead with Shadrack Sibiya’s disciplinary hearing despite a Labour Court challenge; the hearing was postponed.
- Dudu Myeni’s estate faces a R6.1m debt fight, with OUTA pressing the SAA-linked matter.
- The Western Cape High Court rejected Nedbank’s bid to confirm a lower auction price for a Mitchells Plain home.
Why It Matters
The Madlanga Commission keeps taking hits: a witness’s family member gunned down days before he is due to testify is exactly the intimidation the inquiry exists to expose — and IDAC quietly dropping the Phahlane blue-lights case removes another accountability thread.
Election season plus ANC list chaos means the IEC and the ANC are both under strain before the locals, while the Joburg CBD power crisis and Nersa’s trading rules hit every business in the city’s core.