Tuesday, 27 October 2026

More than 800 cases of gastrointestinal illness were reported in the Bronkhorstspruit area east of Pretoria, where residents had been supplied with unchlorinated water for weeks. An external investigation will determine whether city officials responded adequately.

In the High Court in Pretoria, the state challenged a murder accused's claim he was asleep the night a captain was shot, putting phone memory card activity to him during cross-examination.

Eugene de Kock called for F.W. de Klerk's Nobel Peace Prize to be recalled, alleging de Klerk ordered five children killed in Umtata. FF Plus leader Mulder says the Nobel statute makes clear an award cannot be revoked.

The Information Regulator fined FNB R1 million after customer home loan data was exposed on its app, and Central Johannesburg TVET College R500,000 for failing an enforcement notice.

The HSRC is surveying voters leaving 300 voting stations on 4 November, targeting 15,000 people, to assess whether the local elections are free and fair and how efficiently the IEC runs.