RC 261110702Mandy Wiener
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
Unemployment ticked up to 33.7% as coalition manoeuvring in Johannesburg and other hung councils dominated, alongside fresh Madlanga Commission fights over an off-the-record meeting.
- 12:30
Unemployment rose 0.1 percentage points to 33.7% in the third quarter, with 97,000 more people unemployed, bringing the total to 8.6 million, Stats SA's labour force survey shows.
- 12:01
Matlala's lawyers say a March meeting with Commission investigators was off the record, but the evidence leader denies it; the meeting is where Matlala allegedly said he paid Shadrack Sibiya 500,000 rand.
- 12:16
ActionSA's Michael Beaumont confirmed a letter from Herman Mashaba to the DA proposing a DA mayor in Joburg if he and Helen Zille both step aside, saying ActionSA's real problem is Zille.
- 12:28
The EFF has sent Helen Zille a lawyers' letter demanding she retract and apologise for ENCA remarks linking Julius Malema to city power capture and a fleet tender, and says it is ready to go to court for defamation.
- 12:25
The ANC has told provincial and municipal structures to begin listening sessions with other parties in hung councils, while a national negotiating team handles any formal coalition talks.