Tuesday, 18 August 2026

Ramaphosa told the Durban SADC summit the region is growing too slowly and should push harder on free movement, trade barriers and regional industrialisation, with a claimed 1-trillion-dollar trade potential.

A political scientist argued cadre deployment is not the core problem; the real issue is how parties use it to reward loyalty, sideline merit, and blur the line between party and state.

Machabeng residents in Tabong Vlekom are still waiting for a sewer project awarded in 2018 for about R30 million, with locals reportedly still using pit toilets and the municipality giving no answers.

The High Court ordered NSFAS board member Buddhi Manamela to reinstate the board, and students said the scheme’s repeated governance failures delay allowances, accommodation payments and funding decisions.