RC 261102702Azania Mosaka
Monday, 2 November 2026
Election week kicked off relatively smoothly with special voting under way, while the Agrizzi confiscation order and deadly Cape Town taxi violence dominated the news.
- 13:02
Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi must pay the state more than R1.6 billion in a corruption-related confiscation order. The court rejected his bid to limit the amount to money he personally received.
- 13:04
The Human Rights Commission says metros spending hundreds of millions of rand a year on water tankering is simply not acceptable, and its Gauteng inquiry found many municipalities struggle to supply reliable water.
- 13:05
At least a dozen people have died in the conflict between the Carter and Codeta taxi associations over a Cape Town route; the Western Cape MEC is hoping a meeting will end it. An interim interdict remains in place.
- 13:02
About 2.6 million people are registered for special voting, which runs until Tuesday ahead of general voting on Wednesday, out of 29 million registered South Africans.