Wednesday, 28 October 2026

The state will pay a suspended police minister's R2.7 million legal bill, acting minister Firoz Cachalia says, while Parliament's police committee chair Ian Cameron calls the spending reckless.

More than 800 people fell ill after a town's water plant reportedly went three weeks without chlorination. Jack Bloom wants a full investigation, saying accountability goes beyond the plant manager.

Exit polls from Israel's election show Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc and Gadi Eisenkot's bloc each projected at 51 of 120 seats, short of the 61 needed for a governing majority.

Local election candidates need only be registered voters in the municipality, not in the ward they contest, so some people are standing in multiple wards, a loophole Parliament may still address.

Fourteen municipal union members face public violence charges over an M1 blockade in Johannesburg. The union says only R1.2 billion of R10.3 billion owed under a 2016 agreement has been paid.