Wednesday, 5 August 2026

Parliament’s impeachment committee voted 9-7 to recommend Advocate Tandozani Madonsela as evidence leader in the Section 89 inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa; the ANC abstained, and Parliament’s administration makes the final appointment.

Legal opinion says Ramaphosa can be summoned to testify and cannot simply invoke silence in Parliament; the committee also cannot compel the original impeachment panel to brief it again because its mandate ended in 2022.

AI ‘going rogue’ was framed as a sandbox failure, not a machine developing intent: Wade Seal argued developers must be held accountable, with stronger guardrails, third-party oversight and clearer South African regulation.

The Aarto demerit system will start drivers at zero, add one to six points per offence, suspend licences above 15 points, and cancel them after a third suspension; Kirsty Aslam said enforcement and public education will determine whether it works.

Aditi Lachman said young women do not need more advice but more access: employers should recruit for potential, remove arbitrary three-year experience demands, and address childcare, safety and unconscious bias in hiring and promotion.