Monday, 24 August 2026

Eastern Cape High Court declared the provincial education department’s withholding of 33.75% of norms-and-standards funding unlawful and unconstitutional, with schools receiving as little as R816 per learner instead of the targeted R1,466.

The Madlanga Commission rejected Vusimuzikati Matlala’s bid for a postponement; his testimony had to proceed, despite his legal team citing illness, prison access problems and lack of documents.

Former justice minister Ronald Lamola completed cross-examination at the TRC cases inquiry, saying the NPA briefed him early on the challenges facing unresolved apartheid-era prosecutions.

Customary-marriage couples were urged to register before 31 August 2026, because unregistered marriages can complicate estates, inheritance, maintenance claims and divorce proceedings.