RC 261112702Mandy Wiener
Thursday, 12 November 2026
Coalition talks dominated, with the ANC NEC meeting and a 14-day municipal council deadline, alongside Madlanga Commission testimony and a Nongoma shop-closure court case.
- 12:13
The ANC spokesperson says President Ramaphosa is staying put despite reports he considered quitting, as the party's NEC meets in Boksburg to set a coalition mandate.
- 12:28
Municipal councils must be constituted within 14 days of the IEC gazetting results, a window starting tomorrow and running to 26 November, KZN's COGTA department confirms.
- 12:30
The acting National Intelligence Coordinator told the Madlanga Commission that links between politics and the criminal underworld remain a major national security concern, worsening around the 2021 local elections.
- 12:39
Twenty-three foreign-owned shops in Nongoma have been locked since 14 October, and their owners have asked the Pietermaritzburg High Court for an interdict against an activist leader and seven others.
- 12:05
Cape Town placed third in the Reader Travel Awards, climbing one place from last year and ranking ahead of Sydney, Vancouver and Hong Kong, with over 8 million votes cast.