EPISODE · Sep 3, 2025 · 31 MIN
No laughing matter: How Mchunu set the Hawks on a TikTok satirist
from The Lead · host News24
It’s a story so out of left field and certainly not one we had on our bingo card for 2025! The Hawks, our supposedly elite crime-fighting unit, which is currently severely underpowered, have come out in strong defence of their investigation of fairly well-known local social media content creator Anton Taylor. The story, broken last week by our specialist legal journalist, Karyn Maughan, revealed that Taylor, after posting a satirical video of suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu earlier this year, attracted a full-blown Hawks probe and even a raid on his home, with officers hell-bent on gaining access to his cellphone. Maughan details the viral saga in its entirety on The Lead. Later in the show, membership of the ANC in the Eastern Cape is in sharp decline, warns its chairperson, Oscar Mabuyane. Also, the son of a Norwegian princess could face 10 years in prison if found guilty of rape. Lastly, we end off with ‘On This Day in SA History’. You can send host Graeme Raubenheimer a voice note with your questions or thoughts on this episode to: +27 72 562 3179. Mail your comments to: [email protected]. Editions drop Monday through Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple and YouTube.
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It’s a story so out of left field and certainly not one we had on our bingo card for 2025! The Hawks, our supposedly elite crime-fighting unit, which is currently severely underpowered, have come out in strong defence of their investigation of fairly well-known local social media content creator Anton Taylor. The story, broken last week by our specialist legal journalist, Karyn Maughan, revealed that Taylor, after posting a satirical video of suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu earlier this year, attracted a full-blown Hawks probe and even a raid on his home, with officers hell-bent on gaining access to his cellphone. Maughan details the viral saga in its entirety on The Lead. Later in the show, membership of the ANC in the Eastern Cape is in sharp decline, warns its chairperson, Oscar Mabuyane. Also, the son of a Norwegian princess could face 10 years in prison if found guilty of rape. Lastly, we end off with ‘On This Day in SA History’. You can send host Graeme Raubenheimer a voice note with your questions or thoughts on this episode to: +27 72 562 3179. Mail your comments to: [email protected]. Editions drop Monday through Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple and YouTube.
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