Thursday, 13 August 2026

Gregory Loftus told the Madlanga Commission he believes his son Bevan was killed in a contract hit linked to a KwaZulu-Natal cash-in-transit task team led by Lt Col Dina Govender.

A recording played at the commission captured Bevan Loftus confronting tow-truck operator Clive Naiker over an alleged R2.5 million hit on his life, hours before Loftus was shot dead in April 2023.

Public Service and Cosatu-focused reaction centred on the Employment Services Amendment Bill, with concerns that rules to prioritise South Africans for jobs must not undermine migrant workers or fuel xenophobia.

FNB Art Prize 2026 winner Gilebukhile Marope, the first Botswana-born recipient, described his sculpture series Archaeologies of Use as an archive of domestic objects, memory and home.

Momentum Securities said retirees should separate essential and discretionary spending, use guaranteed income for fixed costs, and review living-annuity choices continually rather than chasing unrealistic returns.