Monday, 28 September 2026

IEC officials said special-vote applications close on 12 October at 17:00; eligible voters can cast ballots on 2 or 3 November, with home visits for infirm or disabled voters.

Research found 92% of educators identify workload and burnout as major workplace challenges, driven by administration, marking, discipline, extracurricular duties and learners’ psychosocial needs.

A social-policy expert said nearly 40% of South Africans depend on grants, while about R1 trillion of the R2.7 trillion budget goes to direct social assistance and only R200 billion to infrastructure.

A joint inquiry into gender-based violence will hear public experiences before taking evidence from justice, police, health and prosecuting authorities, then issue recommendations to Parliament, the Presidency and relevant ministers.

Artist Johan Stechmann’s Washington counter-exhibition challenges the idea that Afrikaners share one political outlook, arguing farm-attack victims’ pain should not be used to promote separatist agendas.