Friday, 21 August 2026

South Africa’s new electricity pricing policy is meant to split generation, transmission and distribution charges, cut hidden costs, and open the market to competition; tariff relief may only be felt in three to five years.

The NPA withdrew fraud and corruption charges against seven senior crime intelligence officials, including Dumisani Kumalo and Dino Mogweli, who both signalled possible civil action and called for broader institutional reform.

Fadil Adams’s Madlanga Commission testimony exposed contradictions: he admitted meeting IDAC investigator Dylan Perumal at home, knew parts of his affidavit were altered, and had withheld that information from Parliament and the commission.

Political analyst Brutus Malada argued democracy has produced kakistocracy rather than meritocracy, saying South Africans keep electing poor leaders, including Adams, because of sentiment, history and weak accountability.

A first-ever fully AI-generated song reaching number seven in Nigeria sparked listener debate about originality, artists’ livelihoods and whether AI music can still be treated like ordinary creative work.