RC 261010702Gugs Mhlungu
Saturday, 10 October 2026
Anti-illegal immigration protests dominated, with the police ministry citing a R600 million protest-policing bill and Durban unrest, alongside Zondo Commission returns and a Gupta-linked mining fraud conviction.
- 06:00
The police ministry says it cannot afford to spend about R600 million every time anti-illegal immigration groups protest, after violent protests in Soweto and Durban torched cars and looted shops.
- 08:01
Durban protesters vow to keep the city ungovernable until undocumented foreign nationals are deported, even after Home Affairs withdrew its asylum directive; three houses were torched yesterday.
- 06:02
The Presidency says the Zondo state capture commission's roughly R1 billion cost has been more than repaid, with R17.2 billion returned to the state, though corruption levels remain unacceptably high.
- 08:03
The Gauteng High Court convicted two former mining directors and three Gupta-linked companies over more than R100 million in mine rehabilitation funds unlawfully paid to contractors; sentencing is set for December.