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Sunday, 18 October 2026
Live from the Clicks Beauty Playground, Soulful Sunday mixed beauty-event chatter and Jill Scott tour dates with news on DR Congo's Kabila, South Africa's border checks and the construction mafia crackdown.
- 10:03
The DR Congo government accuses former president Joseph Kabila of planning a major attack after he joined the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group, taking a more direct role in the conflict in eastern DR Congo.
- 11:04
Afri Forum has asked the Hamplet-style inquiry for permission to cross-examine former president Thabo Mbeki, who is expected to testify tomorrow about apartheid-era cases not fully pursued after the TRC.
- 09:05
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi says he will leave office when his term ends in 2030, calling his decision final and saying the constitution will not be changed.
- 10:02
The Border Management Authority's new Vehicle Targeting System flagged 257 hits in 24 hours, cars detected attempting to cross the border without the necessary documentation.
- 10:59
Public Works and Infrastructure reports 770 construction mafia cases, 241 arrests and 176 convictions, with KwaZulu-Natal site disruptions falling from more than 60 a month to fewer than 10.