# The Midday Report: Masemola's suspension lifts

An episode of [The Midday Report with Mandy Wiener](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1074292047), 16 Oct 2026, 49 min.

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[1:46] Speaker 1: The top story in EWN.
[1:48] Speaker 2: Police say they have been looking for some time now
[1:51] Speaker 2: for the controversial Northwest businessman who was arrested at the
[1:54] Speaker 2: Oartambo International Airport last night.
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[2:46] Speaker 10: the Northwest due to appear in court after the airport arrest.
[2:49] Speaker 10: National Police Commissioner Fani Masamora to return to work. South
[2:53] Speaker 10: Africa no longer just a transit route for drugs, but
[2:56] Speaker 10: a production hub. Tesla unveils a flying car and it's Friday,
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[3:21] Speaker 11: Great to be with you today.
[3:23] Speaker 10: A big breakthrough for the police, as you heard in
[3:26] Speaker 10: eyewitness news there. The former Northwest Treasurer, a businessman from
[3:29] Speaker 10: the Northwest, we all know who he is. And if
[3:32] Speaker 10: you don't know, you don't listen to the radio enough.
[3:34] Speaker 10: We can't name him. He hasn't appeared in court. I
[3:36] Speaker 10: know some media are naming him. I've seen a few
[3:40] Speaker 10: reports naming him. He's about to appear in court. Once
[3:42] Speaker 10: he appears in court, we'll name him. But you'll definitely
[3:45] Speaker 10: recognize him because he's been evading his appearance at the
[3:49] Speaker 10: Midlander Commission. He's been to court. He apparently had a
[3:54] Speaker 10: doctor's note. He was in a psychiatric unit. The police
[3:57] Speaker 10: saying that he.
[4:00] Speaker 11: had a return flight booked.
[4:02] Speaker 10: So was he fleeing the country or was he legitimately
[4:05] Speaker 10: going on business and what charges was he arrested on?
[4:09] Speaker 11: We'll hear more about that.
[4:10] Speaker 10: We'll speak to our reporter on that matter and we'll
[4:13] Speaker 10: bring you that court appearance once it happens as well.
[4:16] Speaker 11: You can send me a WhatsApp voice note 072-702-1702, 072-567-1567.
[4:23] Speaker 10: And the National Police Commissioner, Fani Masamora, will now return
[4:27] Speaker 10: to work on Monday. What took so long? Why did
[4:29] Speaker 10: it take so long? So he's going to come back
[4:32] Speaker 10: to work. And I wonder how that dynamic is going
[4:35] Speaker 10: to work because he's been away for quite a few months.
[4:37] Speaker 10: He's been an acting National Police Commissioner. We know the
[4:40] Speaker 10: police are deeply factionalized. So what will be the implications
[4:44] Speaker 10: of that and how will it be managed? If you
[4:46] Speaker 10: have thoughts on that, please feel free to send me
[4:49] Speaker 10: a WhatsApp voice note. I'd love to hear from you.
[4:52] Speaker 10: So let's start in the courts. Gemotso Modise, EWN reporter,
[4:55] Speaker 10: is there for us. Gemotso, good afternoon to you. We
[4:59] Speaker 10: are waiting for this businessman to appear. What are the
[5:01] Speaker 10: police saying so far?
[5:04] Speaker 13: Good afternoon, Mandy. Well, we know that the 49-year-old man
[5:06] Speaker 13: that was arrested yesterday at the Orotambo International Airport is
[5:10] Speaker 13: going to be appearing sometime today at the Pretoria Magistrates' Court.
[5:14] Speaker 13: Police have confirmed that he's arrested in connection with failing
[5:18] Speaker 13: to appear before the Malanga Commission as a warrant for
[5:21] Speaker 13: his arrest had been issued. We also know that he's
[5:24] Speaker 13: been investigated for fraud and corruption at the Ngakamudurimulema municipality
[5:29] Speaker 13: in the northwest. And so he's got links and ties
[5:32] Speaker 13: to the northwest as well. And we're waiting for his
[5:35] Speaker 13: appearance any moment now. What we know about his arrest
[5:39] Speaker 13: is that police say they had been looking for him
[5:44] Speaker 13: for a while and he was evasive. He wasn't cooperating.
[5:46] Speaker 13: And that's why they've decided to arrest him at the
[5:48] Speaker 13: Oritamu International Airport just before he boarded a flight or
[5:52] Speaker 13: was meant to board a flight, an international flight.
[5:55] Speaker 7: With his family.
[5:56] Speaker 10: Do we know where he was going, if he was
[5:58] Speaker 10: intending to come back, why he was going, any of
[6:01] Speaker 10: that detail?
[6:03] Speaker 13: The police haven't told us where he was going. In fact,
[6:06] Speaker 13: police spokesperson Aflenda Mate says that his lawyers will be
[6:10] Speaker 13: the ones to dive out to the court about where
[6:12] Speaker 13: he was going. What we know, though, is that he
[6:15] Speaker 13: had a return ticket booked. And so Mate has said
[6:19] Speaker 13: that they have no evidence that he was fleeing from
[6:22] Speaker 13: the country because it seems from what they know about
[6:25] Speaker 13: his trip that He was planning to return to South
[6:28] Speaker 13: Africa with his family. But the details around his trip,
[6:31] Speaker 13: how long he was going to be away for, we
[6:34] Speaker 13: know very little about that. All we know is that
[6:36] Speaker 13: police are categorizing this as a Schedule 1 offense. And
[6:41] Speaker 13: so it's yet to be seen how the state will
[6:43] Speaker 13: be addressing this. But, of course, if the state does
[6:47] Speaker 13: oppose his release on bail, then they'll have to give
[6:49] Speaker 13: reasons for why he should not be released on bail
[6:52] Speaker 13: as the schedule against the 49-year-old is a Schedule 1 offence.
[6:57] Speaker 11: Do we know what the actual charge is?
[7:00] Speaker 13: So they're treating this charge as contempt of court. That's
[7:04] Speaker 13: what Plenda Mate has said to us as the media.
[7:08] Speaker 13: Of course, we haven't seen this before, particularly when it
[7:11] Speaker 13: comes to the Majanga Commission, but I also don't have memory, Mandy,
[7:14] Speaker 13: of this happening before.
[7:15] Speaker 10: Normally they put somebody up on a different charge, like
[7:18] Speaker 10: an insurance fraud or something. So it's interesting what the
[7:23] Speaker 10: actual charge is.
[7:24] Speaker 13: Yes. All we know from police at this stage is
[7:27] Speaker 13: that they are treating it as contempt of court. And
[7:29] Speaker 13: the reason that police are giving it is because the
[7:33] Speaker 13: Majanga Commission is a judicial commission of inquiry. And so
[7:36] Speaker 13: he's being treated or the process rather and the commission
[7:39] Speaker 13: rather is being.
[7:40] Speaker 3: Treated as contempt.
[7:42] Speaker 13: Would be treated like in the high court. And so
[7:44] Speaker 13: his failure to appear before the commission is then being
[7:47] Speaker 13: considered contempt of court. However, the details, I think, will
[7:50] Speaker 13: be given further as soon as the suspect appears in
[7:53] Speaker 13: the magistrate's court any moment now.
[7:55] Speaker 11: We'll take that live as it happens. Thank you very much.
[7:58] Speaker 10: Let's have a listen to what the police spokesperson, Atlende Mate,
[8:03] Speaker 10: has had to say.
[8:04] Speaker 14: He was flagged by our cold case unit. on charges
[8:09] Speaker 14: of fraud and corruption that are under investigation that relate
[8:14] Speaker 14: to the Ngakamu Dirimulema District Municipality in the Northwest Province.
[8:20] Speaker 14: And so the team was alerted that this particular individual
[8:24] Speaker 14: was flying out of the country.
[8:26] Speaker 9: They flagged him. They alerted the cold case unit.
[8:29] Speaker 14: The court case unit then alerted the commission's recommendations task
[8:33] Speaker 14: team because.
[8:34] Speaker 9: They have been working closely.
[8:36] Speaker 14: We know that he is facing a charge of failure
[8:40] Speaker 14: to appear before the Madanga Commission of Inquiry. You will
[8:46] Speaker 14: know that the Madanga Commission of Inquiry, it operates like
[8:49] Speaker 14: a high.
[8:50] Speaker 9: Court because it's presided by a judge.
[8:53] Speaker 14: So he previously appeared, and when he was required to
[8:58] Speaker 14: appear again and to provide further documentation, he failed to
[9:03] Speaker 14: provide valid reasons as to why he could not appear
[9:07] Speaker 14: before the Matanga Commission of Inquiry.
[9:10] Speaker 10: Brigadier Atlanta Mate speaking there as we wait for that businessman.
[9:15] Speaker 10: You know who he is, I'm sure, and if you
[9:17] Speaker 10: don't know, keep listening. We'll let you know soon, as
[9:19] Speaker 10: soon as he appears. I wonder, can you claim to
[9:23] Speaker 10: not be a flight risk in a bail application if
[9:25] Speaker 10: you're arrested at an airport while trying to leave the country?
[9:29] Speaker 10: I suppose he could say or have to prove that
[9:31] Speaker 10: he had a business meeting. Maybe that's probably why he
[9:35] Speaker 10: bought a return flight so that he could show that
[9:39] Speaker 10: if he was arrested that he had a return flight.
[9:42] Speaker 11: So I wonder how that's going to be managed.
[9:46] Speaker 7: Afternoon, Mandy.
[9:47] Speaker 15: Unless someone has been living under a rock or is
[9:51] Speaker 15: very ignorant. I mean, you forgot to mention that this
[9:55] Speaker 15: particular person was photographed at the Uli's in Cape Town.
[10:01] Speaker 15: And I just like how Maldanga conducts these arrests on Friday.
[10:08] Speaker 15: They want you to spend a weekend behind bars. Thirdly,
[10:13] Speaker 15: this guy doesn't look 49, eh? Is he really 49?
[10:17] Speaker 10: On the WhatsApp line, Sean says, oh, Mandy, it's obvious
[10:19] Speaker 10: where he was headed given the last few months. He
[10:21] Speaker 10: was headed to a spiritual retreat in Nepal and was
[10:25] Speaker 10: going to meet a shaman. In all seriousness, though, this
[10:28] Speaker 10: is a great result for the police and Mitlanga Commission.
[10:30] Speaker 11: Have a great weekend. You too, Sean.
[10:32] Speaker 10: Yeah, anything could be possible at this point.
[10:34] Speaker 3: 702.
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[10:36] Speaker 7: Weekdays, 12 to 1 p.m.
[10:41] Speaker 10: The National Police Commissioner, Fani Masimola, will return to work
[10:44] Speaker 10: on Monday. Remember, he was on special leave because of
[10:50] Speaker 10: the charges against him, which have subsequently been dropped. Corinda Jagmohan,
[10:54] Speaker 10: EWN reporter on that story for us. Corinda, good afternoon
[10:57] Speaker 10: to you. Tell us about this decision for Fani Masimola
[11:00] Speaker 10: to go back to work.
[11:02] Speaker 16: Good afternoon, Mandy. Well, it's been about a month in
[11:04] Speaker 16: the making because the charges, the criminal charges against Masimola
[11:08] Speaker 16: were withdrawn on the 22nd of September. He was charged
[11:12] Speaker 16: with contravening the Public Finance Management Act in relation to
[11:16] Speaker 16: Vusi Mbuensi Katmatlala's tender at the police. So essentially, the
[11:19] Speaker 16: claim was that he failed in his duties as the
[11:22] Speaker 16: oversight officer to prevent this fraud from happening. But the
[11:26] Speaker 16: charges were withdrawn on the 22nd of September. So it's
[11:28] Speaker 16: taken about a month for the president to consider the
[11:31] Speaker 16: next steps. And this is, of course, reinstating him. He
[11:34] Speaker 16: was placed on precautionary suspension in April when he first
[11:39] Speaker 16: faced those charges. So he'll get back to the office
[11:42] Speaker 16: on Monday.
[11:43] Speaker 11: And what are the police saying about this?
[11:46] Speaker 16: Well, the police, the acting police minister, of course, has
[11:49] Speaker 16: welcomed this. And this means that the acting police commissioner,
[11:53] Speaker 16: Buling Dimpane, will then, of course, go back to her
[11:56] Speaker 16: role as the chief financial officer. But also, as we
[11:59] Speaker 16: talk about police matters, Mandy, you know, this is quite
[12:02] Speaker 16: a significant moment in the SAPS because we've had somewhat
[12:06] Speaker 16: of a troubled history with police commissioners in the past.
[12:09] Speaker 16: Almost every single person that has been in that position
[12:12] Speaker 16: has faced some accusations, and very few have actually finished
[12:16] Speaker 16: their term in office. So Masimola's term finishes next year
[12:20] Speaker 16: in March. That will be five years in office. And
[12:22] Speaker 16: then with him then returning to the office, you know,
[12:25] Speaker 16: the cloud of criminal charges now away from him, it
[12:28] Speaker 16: means that we might see a police commissioner actually finishing
[12:32] Speaker 16: his term with somewhat of a clean slate. But, Mandy,
[12:35] Speaker 16: at the same time, he is still under scrutiny. A
[12:37] Speaker 16: lot of the allegations we see at the Madlanga Commission
[12:40] Speaker 16: relate to alleged criminal infiltration of the police that happened,
[12:44] Speaker 16: not just before his term in office, but also during,
[12:46] Speaker 16: and that's specifically regarding the PKTT disbandment order, which he
[12:50] Speaker 16: said he had to follow because it was a request
[12:53] Speaker 16: from the police minister at the time. So a lot
[12:55] Speaker 16: of discussions about maybe the year that was for Massey
[12:58] Speaker 16: Mola and how it's changed the trajectory of the police service.
[13:02] Speaker 16: Of course, as he enters into the police office, he
[13:04] Speaker 16: has a lot of work on his desk, Because the
[13:06] Speaker 16: police now, you know, the country looking at them to
[13:09] Speaker 16: ensure that they get their office in order following the
[13:12] Speaker 16: allegations we've seen.
[13:14] Speaker 11: Corinda, thank you very much.
[13:15] Speaker 10: Corinda Jagmohan, EWN reporter, giving us an update there on
[13:18] Speaker 10: the National Police Commissioner Fani Masimola returning to office.
[13:22] Speaker 17: You know, number one is so slow.
[13:25] Speaker 3: We had to make threats that we're going to the
[13:27] Speaker 3: streets to Toi Toi, especially as the elders, to reinstate.
[13:33] Speaker 11: Masimola and remove this one.
[13:36] Speaker 18: How do you know this guy?
[13:41] Speaker 7: Thank you. What's up, Mandy?
[13:44] Speaker 4: On 072-702-1702.
[13:45] Speaker 7: Good day, Mandy.
[13:46] Speaker 19: I mean, in real life, how do you go overseas
[13:52] Speaker 19: or how do you travel overseas? Whereas all along you've
[13:57] Speaker 19: been trying by all means to convince the court or
[14:00] Speaker 19: you've been trying to convince the commission that you are
[14:04] Speaker 19: paid sick.
[14:05] Speaker 4: You are unable to answer questions.
[14:07] Speaker 19: You are unable to concentrate. And jiggy-jiggy, here you are
[14:13] Speaker 19: going overseas with your whole family.
[14:16] Speaker 4: Yeah, no.
[14:20] Speaker 19: This guy was really testing South African laws and its policies.
[14:24] Speaker 19: He was really trying South African laws and South African police.
[14:30] Speaker 4: And he got what he was looking for.
[14:33] Speaker 9: Thank you.
[14:33] Speaker 4: Last one here.
[14:34] Speaker 7: Landy.
[14:35] Speaker 8: Please get a lawyer to explain this thing. I really
[14:40] Speaker 8: don't think they had the authority to arrest this guy.
[14:45] Speaker 7: It's an offense.
[14:47] Speaker 8: The Judicial Commission must report it to the SAPS. SAPS,
[14:52] Speaker 8: when they are ready, they must issue a warrant. But
[14:55] Speaker 8: it's just not automatic.
[14:58] Speaker 5: Sure.
[14:59] Speaker 7: Bye.
[14:59] Speaker 3: Lynn.
[14:59] Speaker 20: Lynn.
[15:00] Speaker 5: No, hang on.
[15:01] Speaker 11: I think that we don't know yet.
[15:03] Speaker 10: And that's why I asked what the charge was, because
[15:06] Speaker 10: you need a warrant to arrest somebody and you need
[15:07] Speaker 10: to face a charge. So what was the criminal charge?
[15:10] Speaker 10: Was it contempt of court? And was a warrant issued
[15:15] Speaker 10: because the judicial inquiry was. is treated as a high court.
[15:19] Speaker 10: So did they issue a contempt of court notice? So
[15:23] Speaker 10: was there a warrant? I think that's what the prosecutors
[15:25] Speaker 10: are going to have to explain. What is the actual
[15:26] Speaker 10: charge that he faces? Schedule 1 would be contempt of court.
[15:30] Speaker 11: Or did they pick him up on something else?
[15:32] Speaker 10: The other question is, isn't there a requirement for bail
[15:35] Speaker 10: that a person surrender their passport? How was the person's
[15:38] Speaker 10: name going to go through passport control? I don't think
[15:41] Speaker 10: he was out on bail. So he would have had
[15:45] Speaker 10: his passport. So there's no reason.
[15:48] Speaker 11: The issue is he.
[15:50] Speaker 10: Was supposed to appear before the Midlanger Commission. He has
[15:52] Speaker 10: used every excuse in the book to avoid the Midlanger Commission,
[15:56] Speaker 10: including being unwell and being submitted to a psychiatric institute
[16:00] Speaker 10: and going to court as well. So then why are
[16:02] Speaker 10: you going overseas? Was it an attempt to flee or
[16:05] Speaker 10: was it a legitimate holiday? I think it's going to
[16:07] Speaker 10: be very hard to argue that it was legitimate. We've
[16:17] Speaker 10: seen a number of very high profile drug busts being
[16:20] Speaker 10: made over the past few weeks of not just drugs
[16:23] Speaker 10: in transit, but drugs laboratories. And the police minister, the
[16:27] Speaker 10: acting police minister that is, is warning that South Africa
[16:31] Speaker 10: and Southern Africa is no longer just a drug route,
[16:34] Speaker 10: but it is now a production hub. And there are
[16:37] Speaker 10: a number of cases that we can refer to here.
[16:39] Speaker 10: The list is very, very long. You would have heard
[16:42] Speaker 10: about many of these on this show, for example. But recently,
[16:47] Speaker 10: a bust in Grassy Park where 69,000 Mandrax tablets were seized.
[16:53] Speaker 10: Last week, we had that farm in Krugerstorp where a
[16:55] Speaker 10: multi-million rent drug manufacturing laboratory was uncovered. We had that
[16:59] Speaker 10: big one near Hart Beerspoort as well. So let's speak
[17:02] Speaker 10: now to Stan Besaidnot, who is a court and crimes
[17:06] Speaker 10: expert and a former special reservist. Stan, good afternoon to you.
[17:09] Speaker 10: Thanks very much for your time. Would you agree with
[17:12] Speaker 10: the sentiment from the acting police commissioner that we are
[17:15] Speaker 10: now becoming a production hub?
[17:18] Speaker 21: Good afternoon, Mandy, firstly, and to your listeners, and thank
[17:20] Speaker 21: you for having me on. We must think about this
[17:24] Speaker 21: very carefully. There are two ways in which drugs manifest
[17:28] Speaker 21: in any environment. It's either because there's a big market
[17:31] Speaker 21: and it's something that's locally available, as in there's many
[17:34] Speaker 21: people demanding drugs, or it is structured in international, let's
[17:39] Speaker 21: call it multi-jurisdictional, where it's a route, a gateway, or
[17:42] Speaker 21: even a terror-funding platform. So in my mind, the spike
[17:45] Speaker 21: we've seen, just from last year, January until now, just
[17:47] Speaker 21: the cases I know about is probably in excess of
[17:50] Speaker 21: close to 2 billion rands worth of drugs that's moved in, around,
[17:54] Speaker 21: and on South African soil. And anything at that size,
[17:58] Speaker 21: I don't think is adequate to claim local feed. It's
[18:02] Speaker 21: not a matter of our population is using so much
[18:06] Speaker 21: drugs that we are consuming 2 billion rands worth or
[18:09] Speaker 21: much more. I think there's something bigger behind all this.
[18:14] Speaker 10: So the sense that you're getting from these big arrests
[18:16] Speaker 10: that have just taken place where there is evidence of production,
[18:20] Speaker 10: what does that tell us?
[18:22] Speaker 21: So that tells us that we are evolving. There was
[18:25] Speaker 21: a time in South Africa. Whenever you've got a major
[18:29] Speaker 21: syndicated crime operation, you place it into an area where
[18:33] Speaker 21: law enforcement is less likely to act on it. And
[18:37] Speaker 21: I'm just going to call in. Let's say it's easier
[18:39] Speaker 21: in Malawi than in South Africa to get away with
[18:42] Speaker 21: drug laboratories. You'll find them there and shipping over the border.
[18:45] Speaker 21: But by the time you see them popping up locally...
[18:48] Speaker 21: It tells me that there's an export market. Now, all
[18:50] Speaker 21: of a sudden, there must have been either some kind
[18:53] Speaker 21: of pressure, such as the pressure from northern Mozambique with
[18:56] Speaker 21: Boko Haram, et cetera, being challenged by military and by organized,
[19:00] Speaker 21: let's call it, enforcement groups. And now we have a
[19:03] Speaker 21: new market developing. And I think, firstly, I think drug
[19:07] Speaker 21: production has always been happening in South Africa, but the
[19:10] Speaker 21: size is increasing, and it indicates an international market or
[19:14] Speaker 21: an export market rather than some kind of local market.
[19:18] Speaker 10: The police minister also speaking about how syndicates are exploiting
[19:22] Speaker 10: maritime routes through countries such as Mozambique and Tanzania before
[19:26] Speaker 10: moving drugs into South Africa.
[19:28] Speaker 11: Is this a new thing or what are we seeing
[19:29] Speaker 11: happening here?
[19:30] Speaker 21: No, that's normal. The drug trafficking route has always been maritime.
[19:35] Speaker 21: It's so much easier to transport drugs via maritime platforms
[19:38] Speaker 21: because you can bypass harbors, you can basically beach anywhere,
[19:43] Speaker 21: you can have people meet on and off ships. Just
[19:46] Speaker 21: imagine a scenario when an actual cargo ship is transporting
[19:50] Speaker 21: a large amount of drugs, and as they travel through
[19:52] Speaker 21: the actual maritime route, they have smaller vessels come out,
[19:56] Speaker 21: collect the drugs for the local market, and then land
[19:58] Speaker 21: offshore on all the areas that are not enforced. So
[20:02] Speaker 21: that's why that maritime component has always been there. And
[20:05] Speaker 21: there's been a big link between terror funding and funding
[20:09] Speaker 21: for the likes of even the piracy groups, because funding
[20:12] Speaker 21: is always a thing needed. And that funding has to
[20:15] Speaker 21: come from somewhere. And you have to acquire that funding
[20:17] Speaker 21: from an environment where there's poor enforcement, porous borders, broken
[20:22] Speaker 21: judiciary system, good money or good currency to rely on, etc.
[20:26] Speaker 21: And South Africa is really almost a perfect storm for
[20:29] Speaker 21: all of this.
[20:30] Speaker 10: And of course, a lot of focus on the capabilities
[20:32] Speaker 10: of law enforcement with the Midlander Commission, etc. Are we
[20:35] Speaker 10: able to deal with this evolution in drug trade?
[20:41] Speaker 21: We are supposed to be, but my confidence levels are
[20:44] Speaker 21: unfortunately low. The problem is we still have a very
[20:47] Speaker 21: reactive market. a crime enforcement mentality. I mean, our specialized
[20:51] Speaker 21: investigation services are so tied up in political feuds and
[20:56] Speaker 21: inter-party disputes and assassinations of witness for internal crime, et cetera,
[21:01] Speaker 21: that one wonders whether they even have the free resources
[21:04] Speaker 21: to commit to something of this kind. And remember, Drugs
[21:08] Speaker 21: has always been seen as kind of a crime where
[21:11] Speaker 21: there's not really a victim because the attitude is easy.
[21:14] Speaker 21: If you don't do drugs, you shouldn't worry about it.
[21:16] Speaker 21: So it's not as concerning. I'll give you a perfect example.
[21:20] Speaker 21: There's much more being done about cashing transit, money being lost,
[21:24] Speaker 21: et cetera, than, for instance, drugs at the moment as
[21:27] Speaker 21: far as I can detect because drugs is something that
[21:30] Speaker 21: comes and goes, and if you catch it, it's kind
[21:31] Speaker 21: of like illicit cigarettes almost. But when it comes to
[21:35] Speaker 21: local large groups that are operating at this coordination level,
[21:40] Speaker 21: I think we're going to have to start committing additional resources.
[21:43] Speaker 21: You can't use what we have. It simply might not
[21:45] Speaker 21: be enough.
[21:46] Speaker 11: Stan, thank you so much.
[21:46] Speaker 10: Stan Besayden, a court expert, former reservist as well, speaking
[21:50] Speaker 10: to us there about the evolution of the drug trade.
[21:53] Speaker 11: 12.30, time for Eyewitness News Headlines.
[22:00] Speaker 2: Thanks, Mandy.
[22:00] Speaker 11: Good afternoon.
[22:01] Speaker 2: Police have confirmed the arrest of a former ANC Northwest
[22:05] Speaker 2: treasurer came after he was flagged by the cold case unit.
[22:10] Speaker 2: The 49-year-old is expected to appear in the Pretoria Magistrates
[22:13] Speaker 2: Court today. This follows his arrest at the Oartambo International
[22:17] Speaker 2: Airport last night. He was caught just moments before boarding
[22:20] Speaker 2: an international flight. The state has transferred the fraud case
[22:24] Speaker 2: of National Colored Congress leader Fadil Adams to a different
[22:28] Speaker 2: court due to security concerns. The matter has now moved
[22:32] Speaker 2: from the Pinetown Magistrates Court to the Durban Magistrates Court.
[22:37] Speaker 2: Adams faces several counts of fraud and defeating the ends
[22:40] Speaker 2: of justice for allegedly visiting and recording interviews with two
[22:45] Speaker 2: awaiting trial prisoners without authorization. And a self-proclaimed pastor accused
[22:50] Speaker 2: of rape and murder has decided not to apply for bail.
[22:54] Speaker 2: Kephas Mkwane and his two wives made a brief appearance
[22:58] Speaker 2: in the Archeridgeville Magistrate's Court today. They're accused of conspiring
[23:02] Speaker 2: to murder a 43-year-old woman for the proceeds of her
[23:05] Speaker 2: funeral policies. Well, those are the headlines. This EWN and
[23:09] Speaker 2: more at one or as it happens.
[23:14] Speaker 7: EWN Sports. Good afternoon.
[23:19] Speaker 12: I'm Mawande Mateza.
[23:21] Speaker 22: Australia expect Proteus fast bowler Kakhiso Rabada to be at
[23:25] Speaker 22: his best when he returns for the second test starting
[23:27] Speaker 22: on Sunday. Rabada has been sidelined since June with a
[23:31] Speaker 22: hamstring injury and missed the recent ODI series between the
[23:34] Speaker 22: two nations, as well as the first test that South
[23:36] Speaker 22: Africa lost by 214 runs. Rabada has taken 58 wickets
[23:41] Speaker 22: against Australia in 11 previous games and an average of
[23:44] Speaker 22: just over 21. And Australian assistant coach Matthew Wade thinks
[23:48] Speaker 22: Rabada will provide a different challenge for their batters.
[23:51] Speaker 23: He takes it to the opposition. He'll be in our face.
[23:53] Speaker 23: He'll keep coming for the whole test match, so we
[23:55] Speaker 23: really know that. With him coming back in, it gives
[23:57] Speaker 23: them great versatility. They went the two spinners last time,
[24:00] Speaker 23: but they can bring quicks in. Him and Norkia can
[24:03] Speaker 23: basically take one quick spot and short spells and really
[24:05] Speaker 23: attack us hard if they want to.
[24:08] Speaker 22: In rugby, the Investec Champions Cup gets underway this weekend
[24:11] Speaker 22: with the first round of group matches taking place. Questions
[24:14] Speaker 22: still linger over South African teams playing in the competition.
[24:17] Speaker 22: And Stormers director of rugby, John Dobson, is determined to
[24:20] Speaker 22: get past the quarterfinals this year to silence the doubters.
[24:23] Speaker 22: The Stormers host the Bristol Bears tomorrow afternoon. Here's John Dobson.
[24:27] Speaker 24: We need a South African team to make a semi-final
[24:29] Speaker 24: or final this year. I think from our side, speaking
[24:32] Speaker 24: about the Stormers and to some extent personally, we're so
[24:35] Speaker 24: grateful to be part of this competition. We want to
[24:36] Speaker 24: respect it. And the way to do it is do
[24:38] Speaker 24: well in it. It's a prestigious competition. It is a
[24:40] Speaker 24: step up. So we want to be part of it.
[24:42] Speaker 24: We want to tease ourselves against the best team in
[24:43] Speaker 24: the world. We want to be at the top table
[24:45] Speaker 24: of world rugby. So we're desperate to stay part of it.
[24:47] Speaker 22: And lastly, Chelsea captain Rhys James faces another spell on
[24:51] Speaker 22: the sidelines. The club has confirmed James has undergone successful
[24:54] Speaker 22: minor knee surgery after suffering an injury in training. He
[24:58] Speaker 22: was injured ahead of Chelsea's 5-1 victory over Bournemouth last
[25:01] Speaker 22: week and sat out that game. No time frame has
[25:03] Speaker 22: been set for his possible return. Mawande Mateza, Eyewitness News Sport.
[25:13] Speaker 6: Well, at this hour, if you're leaving Noidgedacht, heading towards
[25:16] Speaker 6: Deep Sluit, there's bumper-to-bumper traffic on the N14 northbound between
[25:21] Speaker 6: Malibu Drive and the R511 Winnie Mandela Drive. Also, slow-moving
[25:25] Speaker 6: traffic in Midrand heading towards Centurion. This is on the
[25:29] Speaker 6: N1 northbound between the Patlua Interchange and Allendale in Sharonlee.
[25:34] Speaker 6: Slow-moving traffic due to faulty traffic lights on Malibu Drive
[25:38] Speaker 6: between Belize and the N1 while in Pretoria if you're
[25:43] Speaker 6: traveling this is through Equestria there's slow moving traffic this
[25:49] Speaker 6: is on Solomon Machangu between Linwood Road and the N4
[25:52] Speaker 6: if you come across any other traffic issues kindly water
[25:55] Speaker 6: pass on 072 702 1702 there's.
[25:59] Speaker 7: More EWN on air online and on.
[26:02] Speaker 3: The EWN app and now it's back to Mandy Wiener
[26:07] Speaker 3: on the Midday.
[26:07] Speaker 22: Report this is 702 let's walk the talk So I.
[26:11] Speaker 10: Can now tell you that the ANC and former Northwest
[26:16] Speaker 10: Treasurer businessman, Suleiman Karim, is busy appearing in court right now,
[26:21] Speaker 10: having been arrested last night at Oatambo International Airport.
[26:25] Speaker 11: Let's listen in live to the court proceedings.
[26:28] Speaker 10: I imagine the prosecutor here busy arguing in court.
[26:32] Speaker 25: It's known and it was now, if one listens to
[26:36] Speaker 25: the summary given from the commission by my learned friend,
[26:41] Speaker 25: We know that he's got a heart condition, that the
[26:43] Speaker 25: Commission accepted on occasions to postpone the matter because of
[26:48] Speaker 25: the heart condition that he was hospitalised during that period
[26:52] Speaker 25: for the heart condition. Your Worship, I'm informed by the
[26:57] Speaker 25: accused person that the stress and anxiety is taking a
[27:03] Speaker 25: toll on him. He didn't use any medication this morning
[27:07] Speaker 25: and he further states... that he can feel that it
[27:12] Speaker 25: might lead to a panic attack, which would be detrimental
[27:15] Speaker 25: to his medical condition. Your Worship, if one now weighs
[27:22] Speaker 25: that against the reason that the state provides. The state,
[27:27] Speaker 25: and that's the only reason that was provided to me,
[27:30] Speaker 25: Your Worship, was to say, we need to confirm the
[27:35] Speaker 25: address physically of the accused. Now, Your Worship, just think
[27:41] Speaker 25: about the recent bliss of that request this morning. At
[27:45] Speaker 25: least on the state's own summary of what happened in
[27:50] Speaker 25: the Matlanga Commission, we know that at least four different
[27:55] Speaker 25: occasions summonses and notices were served on the accused person.
[28:04] Speaker 25: His address is known, Your Worship, that it is in Mafeking.
[28:09] Speaker 25: That is where the summonses were served from. So, Your Worship,
[28:13] Speaker 25: it is not something that is unknown to the state
[28:17] Speaker 25: that that is his address. Now, Your Worship, when the
[28:20] Speaker 25: state said that to me, I obtained a document that
[28:25] Speaker 25: I'm going to be actually two documents. Your Worship, the
[28:29] Speaker 25: one document relates to a company registration of a close corporation,
[28:37] Speaker 25: Ziggy Investments, that was registered as far back as 7
[28:43] Speaker 25: October 2009. And the only member of that close corporation is.
[28:50] Speaker 7: The accused before court. And, Your Worship, his address.
[28:56] Speaker 25: Was 4345 Palmer Crescent, Leopard Park, Moffett King. That is
[29:03] Speaker 25: the address that was that the commissions have the summonses.
[29:08] Speaker 25: I'm also in possession of a letter of the municipality.
[29:12] Speaker 10: So that is the defense advocate, not the prosecutor, of
[29:16] Speaker 10: Suleiman Karim arguing at the moment.
[29:19] Speaker 11: He's worried he might have a panic attack. Yeah, the
[29:21] Speaker 11: guy should have gone to Madlanga.
[29:23] Speaker 10: And this thing of using mental health as an excuse
[29:26] Speaker 10: to avoid Madlanga is problematic. But Suleiman Karim now appearing
[29:30] Speaker 10: in court in Pretoria after having been arrested last night
[29:34] Speaker 10: at Oatumbo International Airport. He's standing, head cocked to one side, arsed.
[29:40] Speaker 10: arms folded, looking less than thrilled with life as his
[29:44] Speaker 10: advocate is arguing.
[29:45] Speaker 11: They will keep you updated on what happens.
[29:48] Speaker 9: What's up, Mandy?
[29:52] Speaker 7: On 072-702-1702.
[29:53] Speaker 17: Good day, Mandy. I think Madanga Commission is blessed. It's
[30:00] Speaker 17: even operating in the airports. You don't have a chance
[30:04] Speaker 17: to catch a flight anywhere. You will stay in South Africa.
[30:11] Speaker 17: The other question I wanted to ask Wendy, Mandy, is
[30:16] Speaker 17: Safa had buses which they bought or which were given
[30:21] Speaker 17: to them by the World Cup Association during 2010.
[30:25] Speaker 7: Where are those buses?
[30:27] Speaker 17: Because it's very quiet with those buses now.
[30:30] Speaker 12: Thank you.
[30:45] Speaker 10: I don't know about the buses. I don't know about
[30:47] Speaker 10: Natium Tetra. I know that my name is Mandy, so
[30:50] Speaker 10: we can try and get that part right. But thank
[30:52] Speaker 10: you very much. Look, the Natium Tetra thing, I think
[30:55] Speaker 10: it was ruled a suicide, but who knows at this
[30:58] Speaker 10: point with the conspiracy theories. Marion says, but Mandy, if
[31:01] Speaker 10: the doctor says it's okay for Mr. Karim to flower
[31:03] Speaker 10: the heart condition, why is it not okay for Mr.
[31:05] Speaker 10: Karim to appear in front of the commission? Exactly the point.
[31:08] Speaker 4: 702. 702.
[31:13] Speaker 10: We are less than three weeks away from local government elections.
[31:19] Speaker 10: And one of the biggest problems that we face in
[31:21] Speaker 10: South Africa is voter apathy. Will we see people coming
[31:25] Speaker 10: out to actually vote? We know local government elections have
[31:28] Speaker 10: notoriously low votes. voter turnout and what is it going
[31:31] Speaker 10: to be this year? And local government is where politics
[31:34] Speaker 10: really gets real.
[31:36] Speaker 11: Your water, roads, rates, rubbish, electricity.
[31:40] Speaker 10: But how much do we actually understand about the people
[31:43] Speaker 10: and the systems that are running our municipalities? So a
[31:47] Speaker 10: great book being written by investigative journalist and author Nicolaus Bauer,
[31:53] Speaker 10: who I'm sure many of you know on this radio
[31:56] Speaker 10: station is It's called South Africa's Easy Elections Guide.
[31:59] Speaker 11: It's the local government edition. And Nicolas, joining me in studio.
[32:04] Speaker 12: Always a pleasure. Thank you very much for having me, Maggie.
[32:07] Speaker 11: What is the purpose of this book?
[32:09] Speaker 12: It's trying to make.
[32:10] Speaker 26: It as easy as possible for every South African to
[32:13] Speaker 26: go out and make an informed choice on November 4th.
[32:17] Speaker 26: You encapsulated it perfectly well. Few and few people are
[32:20] Speaker 26: going to the polls. Democracy is like a muscle. If
[32:22] Speaker 26: we don't start flexing and using that muscle... turns into
[32:25] Speaker 26: flab and then it turns lame. And then before we
[32:28] Speaker 26: know it, democracy, you know, the road to a failed
[32:31] Speaker 26: state is paved with voter apathy. And we may need
[32:35] Speaker 26: that muscle sooner rather than later. And if we haven't
[32:38] Speaker 26: been using it, it's going to take intense.
[32:40] Speaker 12: Physiotherapy to get it back to where we want it.
[32:43] Speaker 10: So how have you tried to explain the local government
[32:46] Speaker 10: system to people through this book?
[32:48] Speaker 12: So it can be very confusing depending on where you live.
[32:51] Speaker 26: I mean, urban voters like you and I, Mandy, we're
[32:54] Speaker 26: confined mostly to metros.
[32:56] Speaker 12: So then it's pretty easy.
[32:57] Speaker 26: You only have two ballot papers, one for your PR
[33:00] Speaker 26: vote and one for your local ward councillor.
[33:02] Speaker 12: But I've also tried to explain in very, very simple terms.
[33:04] Speaker 26: How that differs at a local municipality level, which then
[33:07] Speaker 26: forms part of a district municipality. So you end up
[33:10] Speaker 26: having three ballot papers. But other things that I've tried
[33:13] Speaker 26: to explain is that local government is not about these
[33:17] Speaker 26: hot topic issues that the candidates and mayoral candidates or
[33:22] Speaker 26: ward candidates are are campaigning on. It's not about gender-based
[33:26] Speaker 26: violence per se. It's not about big-ticket items.
[33:30] Speaker 12: In the economy. It's certainly not about undocumented migrants.
[33:34] Speaker 26: And if I see another candidate going out and campaigning,
[33:37] Speaker 26: say that they'll get rid of undocumented migrants in communities,
[33:40] Speaker 26: I think I might scream because, as you said at
[33:43] Speaker 26: the beginning, local government is about water coming out of
[33:46] Speaker 26: your tap, electricity going into your home, and refuse being
[33:50] Speaker 26: collected outside of your door.
[33:52] Speaker 11: You've also done a city-by-city breakdown.
[33:54] Speaker 12: Yeah, I've focused on the metros. There's eight of them.
[33:58] Speaker 26: I mean, it was more of a story until that
[34:00] Speaker 26: constitutional court judgment yesterday. The likes of Mangung was really
[34:04] Speaker 26: like one of the last ANC strongholds. And with their
[34:06] Speaker 26: failure to submit those PR candidates, I mean, they were
[34:10] Speaker 26: really saved by that constitutional court ruling yesterday. But I've
[34:14] Speaker 26: given a lay of the land in all of those metros,
[34:16] Speaker 26: as well as a select couple of municipalities. I'm also
[34:20] Speaker 26: going to do details how We have this municipal architecture
[34:23] Speaker 26: of 257 municipalities, how they differ, what they're responsible for
[34:27] Speaker 26: and what makes a metro a metro. And also just
[34:31] Speaker 26: trying to give a political lay of the land. I mean,
[34:33] Speaker 26: we live in a coalition country now, Mandy. We've got
[34:36] Speaker 26: the government of national unity. One big thing that disappointment
[34:41] Speaker 26: that I write about in the book is that we.
[34:43] Speaker 26: We don't have any legislation to give us those guardrails
[34:46] Speaker 26: that we so desperately need for coalition formation at a
[34:49] Speaker 26: municipal level. But, yeah, I mean, the book is a
[34:53] Speaker 26: one-stop shop. It's a very, very easy read, and it's
[34:55] Speaker 26: freely available online. There's a couple of physical copies that
[34:58] Speaker 26: we've been giving out at the book launches. It's all
[35:02] Speaker 26: powered by the Conrad Adenauer Foundation. And, yeah, it's my
[35:05] Speaker 26: little bit to try and get South Africans to not
[35:07] Speaker 26: only show up on Election Day but make an informed
[35:09] Speaker 26: decision and critically support Be an engaged citizen in between
[35:13] Speaker 26: the elections because politicians have shown us time and time
[35:16] Speaker 26: again they're not going to do it on their own.
[35:18] Speaker 10: If people want to get a copy, if they want
[35:20] Speaker 10: to read it, if they want to better understand how
[35:22] Speaker 10: the political system and the elections work and why it's important,
[35:25] Speaker 10: I mean, I'd love to take 100 copies and give
[35:27] Speaker 10: them to kids at schools because that's who, you know,
[35:30] Speaker 10: the 18-year-olds who should really care.
[35:32] Speaker 11: How do we share this information?
[35:34] Speaker 26: So it's freely available to download and data-free download as
[35:39] Speaker 26: part of the University of Pretoria's Emergence Scholar Initiative. It's
[35:43] Speaker 26: already been about 2,500 downloads, which is very, very encouraging.
[35:47] Speaker 26: And it's also available as a podcast on financial mail.
[35:49] Speaker 26: I mean, mixed between a podcast and an audio book,
[35:52] Speaker 26: I suppose. I've just read out the key issues that
[35:56] Speaker 26: are contained in the book into the podcast itself. But
[35:58] Speaker 26: I'll also... I'll share the URL for the book itself
[36:02] Speaker 26: on my social media pages, Instagram, X and the like.
[36:06] Speaker 11: Nicholas, thank you so much.
[36:07] Speaker 10: Nicholas Abawa here to tell us about his book, South
[36:10] Speaker 10: Africa's Easy Election Guide on the Local Government. So important
[36:14] Speaker 10: when we have voter apathy in this country, such low
[36:17] Speaker 10: voter turnout.
[36:18] Speaker 11: Absolutely crucial. Thank you so much, Nicholas.
[36:21] Speaker 20: I'd like to ask a very simple question, Mandy. If
[36:24] Speaker 20: it were one of the smaller parties, insignificant smaller parties,
[36:28] Speaker 20: that forgot to press the submit button to their candidate
[36:31] Speaker 20: list to the IEC, would they have received the same
[36:34] Speaker 20: outcome from the Constitutional Court, or was it just because
[36:38] Speaker 20: it was the ANC? Graham, Florida, Glenn.
[36:41] Speaker 4: 702.
[36:43] Speaker 7: The Midday Report with Mandy Wiener. Let's walk the talk.
[36:49] Speaker 18: False Rap, Sports Rap with Tolakele Mganga.
[36:53] Speaker 10: Tolakele Mganga joining us in the studio to speak about
[36:57] Speaker 10: the world of sport this weekend.
[36:59] Speaker 11: Tolakele, welcome. Thank you, Mandy. We had a voice note.
[37:02] Speaker 11: Somebody asked us about what the Safa bus is. Do
[37:04] Speaker 11: you know what happened to the Safa buses?
[37:07] Speaker 21: No.
[37:07] Speaker 23: Okay.
[37:08] Speaker 11: Let's talk about the sport.
[37:10] Speaker 12: But maybe they passed by Safa houses or something.
[37:13] Speaker 18: It's a busy football and cricket weekend. Let's start with
[37:17] Speaker 18: the Bedway Premiership. We know that Kaiser Chiefs, Orlando Pirates,
[37:20] Speaker 18: Mamelodi Sundowns and Durban City won't be involved in Bedway
[37:24] Speaker 18: Premiership games because they've got CAF Champions League and CAF
[37:27] Speaker 18: Conference Cup commitments. So the fans of those four teams
[37:30] Speaker 18: won't be able to watch them this weekend. Then in
[37:34] Speaker 18: the Premier League, hey.
[37:35] Speaker 11: Mandy, let's discuss the Premier League. Let's discuss. How's your
[37:39] Speaker 11: team doing? Not so well. How's my team doing? Not
[37:41] Speaker 11: so well. Godspeed to everybody in that league.
[37:46] Speaker 18: Of course, Manchester City, they're still unbeaten despite the defeat
[37:49] Speaker 18: to PSG in the league. I think with Manchester United...
[37:53] Speaker 18: It's so awkward because there's the quality in the team. Yes,
[37:57] Speaker 18: we did great by finishing in the top three last season.
[38:00] Speaker 18: And you would have thought that because the games are
[38:03] Speaker 18: so many now, they would have at least bought like
[38:05] Speaker 18: six to seven players. And especially when you see how
[38:08] Speaker 18: much investment Chelsea had in their team and how much
[38:10] Speaker 18: investment City did in their team, you thought that the
[38:13] Speaker 18: other club for Manchester would also be following that line.
[38:15] Speaker 11: But now that the.
[38:16] Speaker 18: Players are also hitting out and saying, We're only in
[38:19] Speaker 18: October and we can see that we're struggling in terms
[38:21] Speaker 18: of the squad depth.
[38:23] Speaker 11: Very outspoken, huh?
[38:24] Speaker 12: Very, very outspoken.
[38:25] Speaker 18: And I also think in the change room, the players
[38:27] Speaker 18: are very open and honest with each other about that.
[38:30] Speaker 18: So when it came a chance for Alessandro Martinez to
[38:32] Speaker 18: make a public statement, he was like, I have one
[38:35] Speaker 18: chance and I have to make sure I'm very clear
[38:37] Speaker 18: about what the feeling is. But also, I think there's
[38:40] Speaker 18: limitations to how much Michael Carey can truly work with
[38:43] Speaker 18: this team. But the other thing is, even if you
[38:46] Speaker 18: fire him now.
[38:47] Speaker 11: Where do you go?
[38:47] Speaker 12: Because... The top.
[38:49] Speaker 18: Managers have already got jobs. And even if you're saying, okay,
[38:53] Speaker 18: we want to build long-term success.
[38:55] Speaker 11: Are you backing Michael Carrick?
[38:56] Speaker 18: And are you believing that he can go toe to
[38:58] Speaker 18: toe and possibly maybe you wait a year or two
[39:01] Speaker 18: and maybe he can deliver silverware. But in the meantime,
[39:04] Speaker 18: are you willing to wait it out and deal with
[39:06] Speaker 18: the struggles and the windless runs while you wait for
[39:09] Speaker 18: something to happen?
[39:10] Speaker 11: Betway Prim and CAF this weekend?
[39:12] Speaker 18: Yes, with my Melody Sundowns, of course, we know that
[39:14] Speaker 18: the CAF Champions League champions at the moment. Orlando Pirates
[39:18] Speaker 18: last season fell in the second round of qualifying. So
[39:21] Speaker 18: Coach Adeslamadu saying ahead of their game against African Stars,
[39:24] Speaker 18: it's very important that they get the first leg away win,
[39:28] Speaker 18: then make sure that they build on it in the
[39:29] Speaker 18: second legs they can get to the group stages they've
[39:31] Speaker 18: said for them this season it is a target to
[39:33] Speaker 18: make sure that they're winning a second continental title in
[39:36] Speaker 18: the conference cup Kaiser Chiefs will be desperate for a
[39:39] Speaker 18: victory there so they can also go into the group
[39:41] Speaker 18: stages so this is the qualifier for the group stages
[39:44] Speaker 18: the first leg is this weekend and Second leg next weekend.
[39:47] Speaker 18: And of course, we know at the end of the month,
[39:49] Speaker 18: the big game, the one that everybody's waiting for, they've
[39:52] Speaker 18: already started mudslinging. The game is sold out to the
[39:55] Speaker 18: Soweto Derby. So we have two weeks to prepare for
[39:58] Speaker 18: that game while both these teams are involved in African action.
[40:02] Speaker 11: Proteus, can you explain to me.
[40:04] Speaker 18: Why it starts on a Sunday?
[40:06] Speaker 12: Everybody keeps on acting slow.
[40:08] Speaker 11: Why does it start on a Sunday? And why is
[40:10] Speaker 11: the other one starting on a Tuesday?
[40:11] Speaker 3: Okay.
[40:12] Speaker 18: I have not, CSA haven't exactly outlined and explained why
[40:16] Speaker 18: the games are starting on such odd days.
[40:19] Speaker 11: And you would think that. There must be a logical
[40:21] Speaker 11: reason for it.
[40:22] Speaker 18: Maybe for them, they feel like people will be able
[40:24] Speaker 18: to go into the stadiums easier on a Sunday. I
[40:27] Speaker 18: don't know why. Because you'd want all eyes on you.
[40:29] Speaker 18: And especially it's summer.
[40:30] Speaker 11: It's hot. People want to be outside. Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
[40:35] Speaker 10: So she went test matches in the last three to
[40:37] Speaker 10: four days. And I was in Durban this past weekend.
[40:40] Speaker 10: Even the Saturday and Sunday, the Durban people did not
[40:42] Speaker 10: show up to the test match. So I don't know
[40:45] Speaker 10: if on their side... They were worried about the riots, apparently.
[40:49] Speaker 10: We do know about the riots heading in. So remember,
[40:50] Speaker 10: the fixtures are released way ahead of time.
[40:52] Speaker 3: So.
[40:53] Speaker 11: They have to look at it.
[40:54] Speaker 18: If they're starting to speak financials and say, OK, because remember,
[40:58] Speaker 18: before we had the games against Australia and England to come,
[41:02] Speaker 18: there was a whole argument from from test cricket to
[41:04] Speaker 18: say it's not making enough money because supporters aren't coming
[41:08] Speaker 18: to the games.
[41:09] Speaker 11: This, unfortunately, adds to it.
[41:10] Speaker 18: But also, you can't, as an association, say it's not
[41:13] Speaker 18: making enough money if you're not willing to work with
[41:16] Speaker 18: the social calendar of a lot of the people that
[41:18] Speaker 18: want to go to these games. And I think Durban, unfortunately,
[41:21] Speaker 18: the criticism from day one was there. Hopefully, Cabeja does
[41:25] Speaker 18: come out with their numbers. Of course, we know that
[41:27] Speaker 18: Joburg and Pretoria are always ready for cricket games. Hopefully,
[41:30] Speaker 18: those will also be sold out. But CSA have to
[41:32] Speaker 18: start a game on a Friday. It just makes sense.
[41:35] Speaker 18: So we have the whole weekend in front of our couches.
[41:37] Speaker 18: rather than waiting until Sunday, where a lot of people
[41:40] Speaker 18: are already starting to think about the rest of the
[41:41] Speaker 18: work week. Very interesting. And the actual team itself, one change?
[41:46] Speaker 18: It's a change to the 17-man squad. They haven't finalized
[41:50] Speaker 18: the playing 11. Oh, I didn't understand that. So because
[41:54] Speaker 18: Shukri Conrad does name his squad ahead of time and
[41:57] Speaker 18: then the day before, well, depending on whether or not
[41:59] Speaker 18: Temba Pavuma will have, he's 11 already sorted out because
[42:02] Speaker 18: he did that with the first test where he went
[42:04] Speaker 18: into his final pre-match press conference having already decided. That's
[42:08] Speaker 18: where the changes will be announced. We are expecting Gahi
[42:11] Speaker 18: Sorabada back now that he's back from his hamstring injury.
[42:14] Speaker 18: We know that Ryan Rickleton will now take over the
[42:17] Speaker 18: wicket-keeping duties, taking over from Kyle Varena, Matthew Britska, having
[42:21] Speaker 18: impressed in the ODI series against Australia. He probably will
[42:25] Speaker 18: start that second test against the Baggy Greens. So those
[42:28] Speaker 18: are the changes that are being discussed. But Shukru Conrad
[42:31] Speaker 18: and Samba Pavuma are very honest with each other to say,
[42:33] Speaker 18: having had a disappointing showing in Durban, there's going to
[42:36] Speaker 18: be very realistic conversations about who they think can get
[42:39] Speaker 18: them a win that will level the three-match series.
[42:42] Speaker 11: Now, rugby this weekend, it's the Investec.
[42:45] Speaker 18: It's the Champions Cup.
[42:47] Speaker 11: Champions Cup.
[42:48] Speaker 2: Yes.
[42:48] Speaker 11: I never get this right. This is different to the URC.
[42:52] Speaker 7: Yes.
[42:52] Speaker 18: The issue is also, there's so many rugby competitions that
[42:56] Speaker 18: are happening at the same time, while there's also international
[42:58] Speaker 18: teams that are playing at the same time. Because we
[43:00] Speaker 18: know that Down Under, it's the second Bledisloe Cup test
[43:04] Speaker 18: between New Zealand and Australia. We know New Zealand won
[43:07] Speaker 18: the first test. They've already retained their trophy, 24th year
[43:11] Speaker 18: in a row that they've retrained their trophy. So now
[43:14] Speaker 18: in terms of club rugby, they are no longer playing
[43:17] Speaker 18: the URC. They're playing the Champions Cup, which is not
[43:21] Speaker 18: to be confused as well with the Curry Cup because
[43:23] Speaker 18: that's also ongoing at the same time. The Sharks, the Bulls,
[43:26] Speaker 18: the Lions, and the Stormers are also involved in that.
[43:29] Speaker 18: So it's different competitions that you always have to make
[43:32] Speaker 18: sure you're keeping track you're cognizant of where on the
[43:35] Speaker 18: log the respective teams are in the different competitions. But
[43:38] Speaker 18: it's always like towards March, April, where fans really get
[43:43] Speaker 18: into it because that's the business end of it because
[43:45] Speaker 18: there's just so many games happening at the same time
[43:47] Speaker 18: while also still trying to keep up with players and
[43:50] Speaker 18: making sure that they fit because, of course, the goal
[43:52] Speaker 18: between now and October next year is the Rugby World Cup.
[43:56] Speaker 18: We'll be slowly, slowly building up towards it.
[43:58] Speaker 10: Tolokele, thank you so much. Tolokele Mkanga speaking to us
[44:01] Speaker 10: about the world of sports.
[44:03] Speaker 1: Good Things.
[44:04] Speaker 7: Good Things.
[44:06] Speaker 9: With Brent Lindeke.
[44:07] Speaker 11: And wrapping up for us, as always, Brent Lindeke, the
[44:10] Speaker 11: Good Things guy. Happy Friday, Brent.
[44:13] Speaker 5: Happy Friday, Nan, and happy Friday to all of the
[44:15] Speaker 5: 702 and Cape Talk listeners.
[44:18] Speaker 10: So you've got some fabulous stories for us this week,
[44:21] Speaker 10: as always. Firstly, tell us about the Durban security officer
[44:24] Speaker 10: who used his last hundred bucks in his pocket to
[44:27] Speaker 10: help a stranded family.
[44:29] Speaker 5: Sure.
[44:30] Speaker 7: What a story.
[44:30] Speaker 5: So his name is Goodson, which is just so apt.
[44:34] Speaker 5: And he was walking home from work and he saw
[44:36] Speaker 5: a mom and her two daughters were stranded. They'd run
[44:40] Speaker 5: out of fuel and he felt that it was at
[44:42] Speaker 5: a dangerous bend in the road and he wasn't too
[44:45] Speaker 5: happy about it. He only had 100 rand on him,
[44:48] Speaker 5: and it was his last 100 rand that he had.
[44:51] Speaker 5: And he gave it to that family so that they
[44:53] Speaker 5: could put petrol in. The mom offered to give the
[44:56] Speaker 5: petrol back or to give the money back, and he refused.
[45:00] Speaker 5: He just said that he wanted them to be safe
[45:02] Speaker 5: and he wanted to do a kind thing. His story
[45:05] Speaker 5: has since gone viral, and his company, Accelerate Security, today
[45:10] Speaker 5: had a massive celebration at their offices where they just–
[45:13] Speaker 5: You know, applauded him and thanked him and celebrated him
[45:17] Speaker 5: for being such a kind South African. His story has
[45:20] Speaker 5: inspired so many South Africans that have read it. Sometimes
[45:24] Speaker 5: the smallest things we do are actually just the biggest things, really.
[45:28] Speaker 10: Now, this guy, Jason Van Porpel, we first heard about
[45:33] Speaker 10: him with his skateboarding adventures.
[45:34] Speaker 11: Now he's coming back to South Africa again.
[45:37] Speaker 5: Yeah, this is such a great story as well. So
[45:39] Speaker 5: for the listeners that might not remember or maybe haven't heard,
[45:44] Speaker 5: he in May was traveling from Uganda to Cape Town,
[45:48] Speaker 5: trying to raise money to build a skate park in Uganda.
[45:51] Speaker 5: And his story sort of went unnoticed while he was
[45:54] Speaker 5: on his way to South Africa. But when he arrived
[45:57] Speaker 5: in South Africa, cities, towns, they all came out excited.
[46:01] Speaker 5: in thousands to sort of celebrate him and wish him
[46:05] Speaker 5: well on his way. Everybody was following him on social media.
[46:08] Speaker 5: Kids were let out of school early in order to
[46:10] Speaker 5: go to the side of the road just to cheer
[46:13] Speaker 5: him on. It really did unify South Africa. The stories
[46:17] Speaker 5: that were written about him just showed the beautiful side
[46:21] Speaker 5: of our country. And he's decided to come back now
[46:24] Speaker 5: in mid-November. He's partnered with the Winnie Mbasa Foundation, and
[46:28] Speaker 5: they're going to be raising funds to give gifts to
[46:31] Speaker 5: underprivileged kids around the country. But he's going to travel
[46:34] Speaker 5: to all of those towns and cities that he previously visited.
[46:37] Speaker 5: And actually now, because he's not skateboarding through, he's going
[46:40] Speaker 5: to spend time with all the South Africans that were
[46:43] Speaker 5: there for him on his original trip. So just another
[46:45] Speaker 5: really lacquer story.
[46:46] Speaker 11: Oh, that's brilliant.
[46:48] Speaker 10: And then tell us about the forgotten set of keys,
[46:50] Speaker 10: the handwritten notes and some very lacquer Metro police officers.
[46:54] Speaker 7: Dr.
[46:55] Speaker 5: Michael Mull. He went viral last weekend. So he went
[46:58] Speaker 5: to a Stormers versus Sharks game at Greenpoint Stadium and
[47:03] Speaker 5: he was running a little bit late. He was on
[47:05] Speaker 5: his Vespa, he parked it, he ran into the stadium
[47:07] Speaker 5: and he started watching the match. And about at the
[47:10] Speaker 5: 70th minute, he put his hand in his pocket and
[47:13] Speaker 5: he realized he didn't have his keys. And I can
[47:15] Speaker 5: only imagine, you think the worst. You kind of like
[47:18] Speaker 5: left your keys in your vest, but it's going to
[47:20] Speaker 5: be gone. He ran back to his bike. And when
[47:23] Speaker 5: he got there, there was a note from the Metro
[47:25] Speaker 5: police cops who had found his keys in the bike.
[47:28] Speaker 5: And they said, please call us. We have your keys.
[47:31] Speaker 5: And when he did call, they arrived to his bike again.
[47:34] Speaker 5: They scolded him, but was in a nice way, with
[47:36] Speaker 5: a bit of a smile, telling him not to do
[47:38] Speaker 5: it again. And then they actually asked him to post
[47:41] Speaker 5: that photo onto social media because it was a really,
[47:44] Speaker 5: really kind moment and he enjoyed it. And South Africans
[47:47] Speaker 5: have been loving that.
[47:47] Speaker 7: Story as well.
[47:49] Speaker 10: Well, Brent, as always, thank you so much for bringing
[47:51] Speaker 10: us such good news stories and making us smile on
[47:53] Speaker 10: a Friday.
[47:55] Speaker 5: We absolutely need it. And as I say every Friday
[47:58] Speaker 5: to all of the listeners, wishing you only good things.
[48:01] Speaker 11: Only good things, Brent Lindekoe, the good things guy, wrapping
[48:04] Speaker 11: up the week for us.
[48:05] Speaker 7: The Midday Report.
[48:07] Speaker 11: Well, thank you very much for listening.
[48:08] Speaker 10: I can tell you that the businessman, the former Northwest
[48:12] Speaker 10: ANC treasurer, Suleiman Karim, is standing in the dock at
[48:16] Speaker 10: the moment as lawyers are arguing over whether or not
[48:20] Speaker 10: he should be released on bail. He's been charged with
[48:23] Speaker 10: contempt of court. for failing to appear at the Midlander inquiry.
[48:29] Speaker 10: So they are discussing bail at the moment. I imagine
[48:32] Speaker 10: a Schedule 1 offence, but is he a flight risk?
[48:35] Speaker 10: He was trying to leave the country last night. He
[48:37] Speaker 10: had a return ticket, so this is all being debated
[48:40] Speaker 10: at the moment. Suleiman Karim appearing in court in Randberg.
[48:45] Speaker 10: Continue to listen to Eyewitness News for those updates.

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