eNCA News Bite | Carrim, Martha and Life Esidimeni | 13 April 2026
It’s Monday, 13 April 2026, and this is News Bite, (https://www.enca.com/news-bite-podcast) your fast, reliable update on South Africa and the world, with Gareth Edwards.
Suleiman Carrim rushed to hospital (https://www.enca.com/news-top-stories/suleiman-carrim-rushed-hospital?utm_source=chatgpt.com) just days before he was due back at the Madlanga Commission, after suffering a suspected heart attack at a Sandton gym. His scheduled return to the stand on 16 April now appears unlikely.
The killing of Martha Mani (https://www.enca.com/news-top-stories-videos/slain-emfuleni-worker-had-raised-fears-her-safety) is deepening concerns inside Emfuleni. Her family says the municipal finance worker had warned that she feared for her life before she was gunned down near a Vanderbijlpark police station, after allegedly uncovering tender-related corruption.
There may also finally be movement on the Life Esidimeni tragedy, (https://www.enca.com/news-top-stories/npa-prosecute-key-players-life-esidimeni-tragedy) with the NPA saying it has found a basis to prosecute key players linked to the unlawful transfer of psychiatric patients that led to at least 141 deaths.
At Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, (https://www.enca.com/news-top-stories-videos/medical-students-say-hygiene-crisis-sefako-makgatho-health-sciences) medical students say filthy, unhygienic residence conditions and the collapse of basic services are derailing their studies, despite annual accommodation fees nearing R50,000.
The DA has a new federal leader, with Geordin Hill-Lewis taking over (https://www.enca.com/news-top-stories-videos/new-da-leader-geordin-hill-lewis-weighs-changes-gnu-line) from John Steenhuisen and signalling that changes to the GNU line-up are possible, though not immediate. In Soweto, Dobsonville residents have taken their electricity grievances to Eskom, (https://www.enca.com/news-top-stories-videos/soweto-residents-take-electricity-grievances-eskom) blaming outages and the rollout of smart meters without consultation.
Abroad, Pope Leo’s African tour is underway, (https://www.enca.com/news/popes-african-tour-begins-shadow-trump-ire-0) with visits to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea set to foreground peace and dialogue. Meanwhile, the fallout from collapsed US-Iran talks (https://www.enca.com/business/us-begin-blockade-iranian-ports-monday-military) is intensifying, with Washington moving toward a blockade of Iranian ports (https://www.enca.com/business/oil-surges-stocks-drop-trump-threatens-block-hormuz) and markets reacting nervously to the threat around Hormuz.
IN SPORT…
· Mamelodi Sundowns took a 1-0 first-leg advantage over (https://www.enca.com/sport/sundowns-close-final-spot-after-claiming-victory-against-es-tunis) Esperance de Tunis in their CAF Champions League semi-final through Brayan Leon, while Manchester City’s 3-0 win over Chelsea cut Arsenal’s lead to six points with a game in hand. And in golf, Rory McIlroy’s second straight Masters title (https://www.enca.com/sport/mcilroy-wins-second-masters-row-sixth-major-title) has pushed him to six majors.
That’s your News Bite (https://www.enca.com/news-bite-podcast) for 13 April 2026.
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