Thursday, 12 November 2026

The ANC has dismissed suggestions that Cyril Ramaphosa will resign, saying he remains president after the party's support fell from almost 46% in 2021 to about 30% in the recent local elections.

Stats SA says mining production fell 10.7% year on year in September, and output decreased 6% in the third quarter, the second straight quarterly decline.

An acting intelligence coordinator warned the Madlanga Commission of growing mafia-like criminal networks linked to corruption and infiltration of law enforcement, and of private firms encroaching on state policing functions.

Ramaphosa told an international access to justice conference near Rustenburg that there cannot be one standard of justice for the powerful and another for the weak, and that civilians must be protected.

The man accused of killing 14 schoolchildren in a January scholar transport crash faces a postponement request so a psychiatric assessment can determine whether he is fit to stand trial.