The Wednesday Wrap | 8 April 2026
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In this week's episode:
What's UP @ Tuks?:
We highlighted a UP student-led initiative in partnership with M-powerment, to plant 750 cabbage patches to feed vulnerable children and had an interview with the President of M-Powerment to further explain the initiative.
Di Polotiki tsa Mzansi (South African politics):
ActionSA MP Dereleen James laid criminal charges against Social Development Minister Nokuzola Tolashe for allegedly failing to declare two luxury SUVs received as gifts, with the vehicles reportedly registered under her children’s names, raising concerns about breaches of PRECCA and executive ethics laws.
Current Affairs:
South Africa received nearly 40,000 doses of the HIV prevention injection Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly treatment aimed at reducing new infections.
Madlanga Commission:
The Madlanga Commission exposed serious corruption within the Tshwane Metro Police Department, with Commissioner Yolande Faro describing systemic failures and Sergeant Fannie Nkosi arrested after police found illegal firearms, ammunition, a grenade, and hidden case dockets linked to serious crimes.
Crime and Courts:
We looked into a case where five suspects were arrested in the Free State for the murder of 36-year-old Johannes Mollo, who was mistakenly identified as another man and killed.
International Scoop:
A two-week ceasefire between Israel and Iran collapsed almost immediately amid continued attacks, while Senegal passed a law increasing prison sentences for same-sex relationships to up to 10 years and criminalising the “promotion of homosexuality,” drawing criticism as a human rights violation from the United Nations.
What's UP @ Tuks?:
We highlighted a UP student-led initiative in partnership with M-powerment, to plant 750 cabbage patches to feed vulnerable children and had an interview with the President of M-Powerment to further explain the initiative.
Di Polotiki tsa Mzansi (South African politics):
ActionSA MP Dereleen James laid criminal charges against Social Development Minister Nokuzola Tolashe for allegedly failing to declare two luxury SUVs received as gifts, with the vehicles reportedly registered under her children’s names, raising concerns about breaches of PRECCA and executive ethics laws.
Current Affairs:
South Africa received nearly 40,000 doses of the HIV prevention injection Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly treatment aimed at reducing new infections.
Madlanga Commission:
The Madlanga Commission exposed serious corruption within the Tshwane Metro Police Department, with Commissioner Yolande Faro describing systemic failures and Sergeant Fannie Nkosi arrested after police found illegal firearms, ammunition, a grenade, and hidden case dockets linked to serious crimes.
Crime and Courts:
We looked into a case where five suspects were arrested in the Free State for the murder of 36-year-old Johannes Mollo, who was mistakenly identified as another man and killed.
International Scoop:
A two-week ceasefire between Israel and Iran collapsed almost immediately amid continued attacks, while Senegal passed a law increasing prison sentences for same-sex relationships to up to 10 years and criminalising the “promotion of homosexuality,” drawing criticism as a human rights violation from the United Nations.
