Friday, 9 October 2026

Home Affairs has withdrawn its directive on processing asylum applications, issued after a July Constitutional Court ruling, following violent anti-illegal immigration protests in Durban and Soweto.

Police say those responsible for torching vehicles and looting spaza shops in Soweto will be identified and arrested, with charges of malicious damage to property and arson to follow.

In Durban, at least 14 cars were set alight and shops looted in the CBD, and anti-immigration groups have vowed to shut the area down again, with a heavy police presence expected.

Four people, including three children, died in a fire that destroyed multiple structures in an informal settlement in Germiston last night; the cause is being investigated.

Pick It Up, Johannesburg's waste management company, is owed millions of rands by the city, and contractors warn payment delays are putting jobs at risk as rubbish piles up before next month's local elections.