RC 261026SAfmJoanne Joseph
Monday, 26 October 2026
Adoption ruling against social development departments, a disruption at a UJ exam hall and a proposed teacher early-retirement scheme dominated this Monday's Daily Discourse.
- 10:10
The Supreme Court of Appeal has found the national and Gauteng Departments of Social Development acted unlawfully by interfering in adoptions on cultural grounds, causing delays in at least two adoptions.
- 09:58
Students say people in EFF-style clothing and ski masks stormed a UJ exam hall, broke cameras and chased writers out, with some students injured. The university said it knew nothing.
- 10:38
The Department of Basic Education plans early retirement or exit packages for senior teachers, estimated to save billions. SADTU warns it would lose principals, deputy principals and department heads.
- 09:34
The DG Murray Trust wants bars and outlets to stop selling alcohol for on-site drinking at midnight, and is prepared to take its argument to the apex court.
- 09:02
Black Sash welcomes the one-year extension of the R370 SRD grant announced in the medium-term budget but wants it made permanent, as no livelihood grant plan has been released.