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Thursday, 5 November 2026
Local government election fallout dominated this episode, with IEC ballot-theft concerns, US midterm results and Bafana's disputed World Cup payouts also featuring prominently.
- 03:46
South Africa and Rwanda are confirmed to be removed from AGOA, losing tariff-free access to the US market for certain products.
- 05:02
The IEC says special ballots reportedly stolen in a KwaZulu-Natal ward will not be counted, even if recovered, and reiterated its commitment to protecting the integrity of the vote count.
- 03:11
Democrats won majorities in both chambers of the US Congress, a sweeping midterm setback for Donald Trump, with exit polls showing 70% of voters wanted more checks on the president.
- 03:56
Technical staff reportedly received less than a fifth of what Bafana players got from World Cup payouts, and the sports minister's promised extra R5 million has not yet been paid.