RC 261015702Mandy Wiener
Thursday, 15 October 2026
A Constitutional Court ruling restores ANC candidates to six municipal ballots, Shadrack Sibiya's bail judgment is reserved, and the Katlehong shooting suspect faces murder charges.
- 12:01
The Constitutional Court ruled the ANC can have 181 candidates on ballot papers in six municipalities, directing the IEC to include lists it had uploaded before the missed deadline for the 4 November elections.
- 12:03
Judgment on former Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya's bail application is reserved until Tuesday, 20 October, after the state argued he ordered cellphones wiped and could intimidate witnesses.
- 12:27
The 46-year-old suspect in the Katlehong shooting faces nine charges, including four counts of murder and three of attempted murder, and his case is postponed to next Thursday.
- 12:04
Three people died and at least 12 were hurt when farm workers cleaning a chemical storage tank near George were exposed; the farm workers' organisation wants employers charged with culpable homicide.
- 12:42
Pharmaceutical task group chair Stavros Nikolau says unregistered and counterfeit obesity medicines, including retatrutide, are being sold through gyms and hairdressers, and a roundtable heard of two further deaths linked to counterfeit retatrutide.