The Wednesday Wrap | 22 April 2026
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*What’s UP @ Tuks?:*
A recent study by the University of Pretoria and Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, along with several other institutions in Europe have revealed interesting and hidden information about the ocean’s most powerful predators.
*Di Polotiki tsa Mzansi (SA Politics):*
Julius Malema gets five years in prison for firing a rifle in 2018 but walks free on an appeal that could take until 2032. The same week, President Ramaphosa appoints a former apartheid minister as the ambassador to the United States right as President Donald Trump ramps up his attacks on South Africa. Is it a coincidence? Or a calculated political and racial tactic to silence an African radical leader while smoothing things over with a hostile White House?
*Current Affairs:*
Police in Mpumalanga have arrested a 23 year-old man for allegedly murdering his 30 year-old female neighbour in Mmametlake. We discuss how desensitised society has become to GBVF and crime.
*Madlanga Commission:*
From a suspended CFO’s tender fraud to a top cop’s family ties to a murder kingpin and three arrests in between this week at the Madlanga Commission has turned State Capture 2.0 from a hearing into a handcuff!
*Crime and Courts:*
Nafiz Modack is back on the radar as his murder trial hits another last minute delay as his lawyer scrambles for a missing witness, leaving the judge fuming and the fate of the alleged gang boss hanging in limbo.
*International Scoop:*
We give you the latest update on the US-Israeli war on Iran. We are currently in the middle of a fragile ,extended ceasefire. Just hours before it was set to expire, President Donald Trump announced an indefinite extension as a result of mediation by Pakistan. This is to allow for more time to find a more diplomatic solution to the conflict. Even though the ceasefire is currently in place, attacks are still ongoing in the Strait of Hormuz as well as Lebanon.
A recent study by the University of Pretoria and Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, along with several other institutions in Europe have revealed interesting and hidden information about the ocean’s most powerful predators.
*Di Polotiki tsa Mzansi (SA Politics):*
Julius Malema gets five years in prison for firing a rifle in 2018 but walks free on an appeal that could take until 2032. The same week, President Ramaphosa appoints a former apartheid minister as the ambassador to the United States right as President Donald Trump ramps up his attacks on South Africa. Is it a coincidence? Or a calculated political and racial tactic to silence an African radical leader while smoothing things over with a hostile White House?
*Current Affairs:*
Police in Mpumalanga have arrested a 23 year-old man for allegedly murdering his 30 year-old female neighbour in Mmametlake. We discuss how desensitised society has become to GBVF and crime.
*Madlanga Commission:*
From a suspended CFO’s tender fraud to a top cop’s family ties to a murder kingpin and three arrests in between this week at the Madlanga Commission has turned State Capture 2.0 from a hearing into a handcuff!
*Crime and Courts:*
Nafiz Modack is back on the radar as his murder trial hits another last minute delay as his lawyer scrambles for a missing witness, leaving the judge fuming and the fate of the alleged gang boss hanging in limbo.
*International Scoop:*
We give you the latest update on the US-Israeli war on Iran. We are currently in the middle of a fragile ,extended ceasefire. Just hours before it was set to expire, President Donald Trump announced an indefinite extension as a result of mediation by Pakistan. This is to allow for more time to find a more diplomatic solution to the conflict. Even though the ceasefire is currently in place, attacks are still ongoing in the Strait of Hormuz as well as Lebanon.
