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Thursday, 29 October 2026
Election-week coverage dominated, with the IEC readying for 4 November, a viral claim that the polls were rigged, and the Bronkhorstspruit water crisis, alongside arts and entertainment reviews.
- 20:25
The IEC launched its National Results Operations Centre in Midrand, saying about 23,000 voting stations will be operational on the 4th of November, with all hands on deck.
- 20:30
Five political parties took up the IEC's invitation to audit the results system between 8 and 12 October, and the IEC says the audit findings have been remediated and the system declared ready.
- 20:26
An MK Party deputy president's video criticising the IEC and claiming the elections were rigged went viral, even though that claim had already been taken to court and lost.
- 20:36
Gastrointestinal illness cases linked to Bronkhorstspruit rose to 833, mostly young children and the elderly, and the treatment plant manager has been suspended.
- 20:38
Johannesburg Water said tests confirmed no contamination after a tree stump fell on a sewer pipe in Bezuidenhout Valley, leaving residents without water since the previous week.