RC 261011702Kenny Maistry
Sunday, 11 October 2026
Soulful Sundays stayed with soul and jazz picks, while the hourly EWN bulletins carried the day's main stories on asylum policy, anti-immigrant unrest and a deadly Cape Town shack fire.
- 10:00
Government will ask the courts for a supervisory order on implementing the Constitutional Court asylum ruling, keeping judicial oversight and possibly seeking a suspension period for Home Affairs to build capacity.
- 11:00
Home Affairs' phased appointment model starts on 10 November: applicants get an online receipt and appointment at a refugee reception centre, and missed appointments without valid reason end the application.
- 11:01
Police have arrested 30 suspects in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng after anti-illegal immigration protests, including alleged ringleaders, on charges ranging from public violence to malicious damage to property.
- 13:01
A fire tore through an informal settlement in Cape Town, with more than 200 homes estimated destroyed, and firefighters remained on scene to extinguish the embers.
- 13:00
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says former president Jacob Zuma's health should remain a private matter, with information coming from his doctors and family, while he is under the SANDF Surgeon General's care.