Tuesday, 3 November 2026

Two rival taxi associations agreed a seven-day truce after weeks of deadly violence on the Epping corridor, which has claimed at least a dozen lives. Each association will first meet city and provincial officials one-on-one.

A Pretoria High Court set aside the awarding of the national lottery licence and ordered the trade minister to reconsider it. The order is suspended for 12 months, so draws and prizes continue.

Mangaung's intermodal transport facility, built more than a decade ago, remains largely unoccupied and vandalised. The municipality's head of planning admits it is a white elephant, and taxi operators still work outside.

A medical devices portfolio manager says public hospitals are running short of oncology drugs, morphine and psychiatric medication, with theatre surgeries delayed or postponed as a result.