RC 261027702Mandy Wiener
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Construction blacklisting dominated the Midday Report, with 75 contractors now barred from state tenders, alongside a CCTV identification challenge in the AKA murder trial and Gauteng water crises.
- 12:18
Public Works Minister Dean McPherson says 75 construction companies are now blacklisted from state tenders, 60 since he took office in 2024 and 15 this month alone, after repeated non-performance.
- 12:33
More than 800 people have been affected by gastrointestinal illness in Bronkhorstspruit, which the city of Tshwane's failure to chlorinate water at the local treatment plant is blamed for.
- 12:13
Defence lawyers in the AKA and Tibbs murder trial have challenged the CCTV identifications, with SAPS technical detective Rajan Sanders conceding he has no facial recognition or anatomical identification expertise.
- 12:48
Johannesburg Water says a viral message claiming all city water is contaminated is fake, and that its sampling after a sewer pipe incident in Bass Valley found no contamination.
- 12:56
The Border Management Authority says its Vehicle Targeting System has recovered 83 vehicles worth R46.6 million since March and stopped 1,817 vehicles leaving without bank consent.