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Wednesday, 11 November 2026
Kat Matlala's shifting testimony at the Madlanga Commission dominated the morning, alongside a 33.7% unemployment rate and a Mayfair substation blackout that knocked out power across several areas.
- 06:22
Matlala admitted he transferred 550,000 rand to former Deputy Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya, including 500,000 rand handed over in a Pretoria State Theatre basement, at the Madlanga Commission.
- 07:03
Unemployment rose to 33.7% in the third quarter, with 8.6 million South Africans without work, prompting Cosatu to demand a bold stimulus package and expanded public employment programmes.
- 06:04
A second explosion at the Mayfair substation knocked out power to a wide area, including the SABC in Auckland Park and Garden City Hospital, and City Power has given no restoration time.
- 06:36
Tatiana Smith has officially switched allegiance to the Netherlands, with her first Dutch event the World Short Course Championships in Beijing in December, ahead of LA 2028.
- 06:06
Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo have surpassed 11,000 in an outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo species, which has no approved treatments or vaccines.