Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Auditor General says the Sport, Arts and Culture department's irregular expenditure was understated: the 2024-25 figure was revised from about R10 million to R42 million, on top of R67 million in 2025-26.

Minister Gayton McKenzie's R5 million pledge to Bafana Bafana after their group-stage win over South Korea remains unpaid, and the promise has not been fulfilled.

Councillors who lost their seats in the 2026 municipal elections will get a once-off gratuity of up to three months' salary, on a sliding scale tied to years served between 2021 and 2026, COGTA says.

President Ramaphosa approved a 3.5% to 4% salary increase for public office bearers, backdated to 1 April 2026, which Cosatu and Nehawu have condemned as insensitive amid rising unemployment.

The DRC's Ebola outbreak has passed 11,000 infections and 5,000 deaths since May, while Kenya discharged its last patient and began a 42-day countdown to being declared Ebola free.