RC 261013SAfmElvis Presslin
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
A morning of matric exam launch figures, fallout from Gwede Mantashe's walkout at Cosatu's congress, and the SAPS resignation row around Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya.
- 05:01
The 2026 matric exams start today with 815,051 full-time candidates registered, 48,508 more than last year, plus 147,781 part-time candidates.
- 05:52
SAPS will treat Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya's resignation as a dishonourable discharge, after his lawyers tendered it once disciplinary hearings had already started.
- 05:40
Gwede Mantashe walked out of Cosatu's reconvened congress after objecting to speaking before the SACP, which Cosatu says, as host, sets the speaking order.
- 05:19
A new contractor has been appointed and construction is back on track at the Sarah Bartman Centre of Remembrance in Hankey, unfinished for more than a decade, the minister says.
- 05:10
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia struck six Ukrainian energy facilities hours after Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire between the two countries.