RC 261008947Thando Thabethe
Thursday, 8 October 2026
Immigration tensions after a Constitutional Court asylum ruling dominated the bulletins, with car-burning clashes in Soweto and Durban, while the show's talk turned to AI-threatened jobs and traffic fines.
- 17:01
Residents protesting over illegal immigration clashed with foreign-owned shop owners in Orlando, Soweto, torching several cars after a Constitutional Court ruling on asylum seekers.
- 15:31
The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration says the Constitutional Court judgment does not automatically grant refugee status or permanent residence to asylum seekers, and does not legalise unlawful migration.
- 17:02
In Durban, at least 11 cars were burned in the CBD during anti-illegal-immigration marches, and firefighters worked to put out the fires while the situation remained volatile.
- 17:03
In the AKA murder trial, a tactical response officer testified that no search warrant was needed during the raid where a pistol was retrieved, because the situation was urgent.
- 15:05
The Hawks say 11 drug labs have been found nationwide, and five South African men were arrested at a Mandrax production bust where equipment is estimated at over 100 million rand.