RC 261008702Azania Mosaka
Thursday, 8 October 2026
Thursday's bulletins were dominated by fallout from the Constitutional Court asylum ruling, alongside a Krugersdorp Mandrax bust, a Pep bag-loss settlement dispute and a Durban murder trial witness.
- 13:01
The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration says the Constitutional Court asylum judgment does not automatically grant refugee status or permanent residence, and fraudulent or unfounded claims can still be rejected.
- 13:02
March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma says government should have passed stronger laws in Parliament, and that the asylum judgment needs to be relooked at.
- 13:03
Police uncovered a Mandrax drug lab in Krugersdorp valued at over R100 million, the 11th bust this year, and arrested five South African men allegedly running the operation.
- 14:17
Pep offered domestic worker Makatisa R6,000 for a bag lost at its parcel counter, against an estimated R13,000 loss, on condition she signs a release and discharge form.
- 13:04
In the Durban High Court murder trial over the killing of rapper Keenan Forbes and his friend, a SAPS tactical officer testified that accused Eddie Miaza was found with a gun whose serial number had been wiped off.