RC 261115Power FMMessiah
Sunday, 15 November 2026
Power News led with 77,000 Gauteng learners still unplaced for 2027, a 16-hour Mayfair substation shutdown, and a Northern Cape revote, with sport and music filling the rest.
- 16:59
More than 77,000 grade 1 and grade 8 learners remain unplaced in Gauteng public schools for 2027, though the MEC says 139,024 spaces exist, not necessarily where demand is highest.
- 15:01
COSATU says budget proposals fall short of addressing the deepening economic and social crisis, and it is seeking urgent engagements with government before February's budget.
- 15:00
City Power has begun a 16-hour emergency shutdown of the Mayfair substation to complete critical repairs after more than a week of power disruptions.
- 17:01
The Ward 3 revote in the Northern Cape takes place Wednesday, with special voting on Tuesday, after ballot papers were destroyed at the Douglas voting station on 4 November.
- 17:02
Journalist Nabila Sheikh has died at 34; colleagues praise her professionalism and integrity, and she was an investigative reporter at ENCA.