Friday, 16 October 2026

The Constitutional Court let 181 ANC candidates contest in six municipalities, forcing the IEC to find about 33 million ballots, with 6.6 million not yet printed, before the 4 November local elections.

Former deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya stays in custody after the Randburg Magistrates' Court postponed his bail judgment to 20 October, with the state arguing he threatened a complainant.

Kat Matlala and two co-accused face fraud, forgery and corruption charges over a Pretoria mansion lease, allegedly using a falsified Eswatini identity card to claim royal ties.

Journalists visiting Sikakula Public School in Stutterheim found 90 to 95 percent of pupils' grievances true, including exposed wires, holes in classroom floors and a child injured last year.

Cosatu's reconvened congress called for a ban on Chinese e-commerce giants, citing a 2025 report that up to 34,000 local textile jobs are threatened by their aggressive undercutting.