RC 261102702Aubrey Masango
Monday, 2 November 2026
Dominated by South Africa's removal from the US AGOA trade programme and a High Court blow to the national lottery licence, with Cape Town taxi violence and voting delays ahead of the 4 November elections.
- 20:00
The US has removed South Africa from AGOA, ending preferential duty-free access to the American market from 1 January 2027, while Rwanda has also been suspended.
- 20:01
The Pretoria High Court overturned the fourth national lottery licence awarded to Sizekhaya Holdings, ordering Trade Minister Parks Tau to reconsider, though lottery operations continue for now.
- 23:00
Cape Town taxi associations Cata and Codeta agreed to a seven-day truce over the Delft–Langa–Epping corridor, a dispute that has claimed at least 12 lives and disrupted commuters.
- 20:04
More than 200 polling stations could not open at 8am on the first day of special voting because ballots had not arrived in time, though voting picked up later in the day.
- 23:02
The South African Human Rights Commission found Gauteng loses 1.5 billion litres of water a day to leaks, about 33% of the municipality's supply, and flagged a shortage of technical staff.