Thursday, 24 September 2026

Around 3,000 protesters opposed Cape Town’s planned R114-million, nine-kilometre N2 safety barrier, demanding public participation and investment in lighting, water, toilets and skills development instead.

President Cyril Ramaphosa promised a national update within days on government’s gender-based violence response and investigations into nine women’s killings in Ekurhuleni.

A legal study described schoolboy rugby as a R1-billion industry operating in a regulatory vacuum, proposing recruitment restrictions, bursary transparency and stronger institutional accountability.

Heritage was framed as more than celebration: Professor Rosina Mart urged recovering histories excluded by apartheid education, including forced removals, slavery, colonialism and indigenous intellectual traditions.

Africa Tikkun’s Mark Lubner said AI access must be paired with values taught early, arguing that respect, judgement and ethics—not technical skills alone—prevent harmful use.