Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Vusimuzi Matlala alleges IDAC investigators fabricated parts of his Section 204 statement to implicate senior officials, including a former police minister, and exaggerated alleged payments made to them.

Matlala denies a tip-off from suspended Sergeant Fannie Nkosi ahead of the December 2024 police raid on his property, but call records show extensive contact between the two in the days before.

ActionSA's Michael Beaumont says the party will engage any party on coalitions in hung municipalities, including all three Gauteng metros, having already met the ANC, EFF and MK, with the DA next.

Nearly 1.8 million calls to the SAPS 10111 emergency line were abandoned in 2025-26, about 20% nationally, with one call centre losing roughly 56% of its calls, according to a parliamentary reply.

WHO figures for 2024 put global malaria cases at 282 million and deaths at 610,000, with 95% of both in the African region, as SADC Malaria Day approaches on 13 November.