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Monday, 26 October 2026
Kaya Breakfast led with a Lenasia N12 protest shutdown and a R200-million cocaine seizure at OR Tambo, while water failures and the looming local elections dominated the rest of the morning.
- 06:03
Police intercepted about 250 kilograms of cocaine, worth an estimated R200 million, at OR Tambo International Airport, packed into 216 blocks across five bags arriving from Sao Paulo.
- 07:01
A service delivery protest in Lenasia closed the N12 freeway in both directions, with motorists urged to use the R554 Nirvana Drive, Golden Highway or Main Road through El Dorado Park.
- 07:02
More than 400 people, mostly children, have been affected by a gastro outbreak linked to severe water contamination, and civil society groups are calling for the water crisis to be treated as urgent.
- 07:03
Water advocates say the 16-page National Water Action Plan has no implementation timelines or deadlines, and no clear accountability if promised fixes fail to happen.
- 07:04
In eThekwini, DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says the mayoral race is a two-party fight with the MK Party, ahead of the 4 November local government elections.