Friday, 9 October 2026

A South African human rights lawyer, 85, has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in human rights and international law, the fifth South African to win it.

Yesterday's anti-illegal immigration march through Durban's inner city damaged 14 cars and led to several shops being looted, with business owners warning of mounting losses.

Home Affairs has withdrawn a directive to accommodate asylum applications after a Constitutional Court ruling, but anti-immigration protesters kept marching through Johannesburg's CBD under police watch.

Deputy head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, Santos Manilal, has resigned, leaving the second most senior post vacant while the directorate's cases remain under review.

Deon Meyer's crime novel Scorpio Rising has hit shelves in English, and the TV adaptation of Blood Safari, called Invisible, premieres on MNET this Wednesday at 8pm.