The Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha has reserved judgment on the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) application for leave to appeal the acquittal of televangelist Timothy Omotoso and his two co-accused, Lusanda Sulaniand Zikiswa Sitho.

 

Guest: Luxolo Tyali: Spokesperson, National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Eastern Cape  

 

 

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• Labour Court orders AMSA to reinstate dismissed workers

• 2. Nissan recalls over 1600 Qashqai SUVs in South Africa
• 3. Markets

 

 

South Africa has made global headlines by becoming the first country in Africa — and only the third in the world — to approve lenacapavir (LEN), a revolutionary twice-yearly injectable drug that prevents HIV infection.

Guest: Prof. Glenda Gray - Director of the Infectious Disease and Oncology Research Institute (IDORI) at Wits University

 

 

This week, SAPS ballistics head Brigadier Mishak Mkhabela revealed to the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that police have been forced to repurpose a museum into a storage facility to house over 29,000 firearms, each linked to a killing somewhere in the country.

Guest: David Bruce: Independent Researcher in Policing, Crime and Criminal Justice and ISS Consultant 

 

 

A bloody weekend across several Cape Flats communities has left at least 22 people dead and 16 others critically injured, sparking outrage and renewed calls for government intervention. The African Congress for Change has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare a state of emergency in the region.

Guest: Masizole Mnqasela: President of the Alliance of Citizens for Change, and Former Speaker of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. 

 

 

The issue of bail in South Africa has once again come under the spotlight — most recently after Police Minister Bheki Cele described the country’s bail system as “a mess.” How does the bail system operate in SA?

Guest: Dr (Adv) JB Skosana: South African Law Reform Commission Commissioner designated to the Review of the Criminal Procedure Act project 

 

The Ministry in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities welcomes the swift arrest of a suspect linked to the brutal killing of two young women in Mamelodi East, Gauteng. Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga condemns, in the strongest possible terms, this senseless act of violence that has once again robbed families, communities, and our nation of young lives filled with promise. 

Guest: Sindisiwe Chikunga - Minister Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities 

 

Africa Update Report with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa

29 October 2025

1.    Tanzania – Zanzibar

As Tanzania decides today Zanzibar early voting starts as Suluhu conducts last rally in Mwanza

President Samia Suluhu Hassan made her final campaign appeal to supporters on Tuesday, addressing a massive rally in the party's signature green colors as Tanzania prepares for general elections that are expected to extend her party's six-decade hold on power.

1. Zimbabwe- Harare

Firebombing Targets Ibbo Mandaza’s Sapes Trust Offices yesterday 

Unidentified assailants firebombed the Sapes Trust offices in Belgravia, Harare, in the early hours of yesterday morning, completely destroying the organisation’s seminar room, a prominent venue for public debates and policy discussions.

1. Jamaica – Cuba 

Hurricane Melissa set to hit Jamaica and Cuba

Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 5 storm as it draws closer to Jamaica, where forecasters say it will unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage. Cuba is predicted to be next in its path.

1. In our historical archives, it was on this day 29 October 1998 when the 3500-page final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was officially handed to the late President Nelson Mandela at a ceremony in Tshwane, after the Cape High Court rejected a last-minute bid by the African National Congress to block its publication.

 

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