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Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Election-ballot disputes, a sobering food security index and Eskom tariff warnings stood out, alongside doubts over Denel's R30 billion pipeline and IOCO's push to buy back shares.
- 18:02
The Constitutional Court is expected to deliver judgment on the ANC's bid to reinstate 181 councillor candidates, disqualified by the IEC in six municipalities over a failure to click the final submit button.
- 18:46
More than 9.4 million people experienced hunger in 2025, and one in seven South Africans faces food insecurity, according to the third South African Food Security Index.
- 18:35
Eskom's latest tariff proposal includes an 8.8% increase, and an independent energy expert says tariffs have risen roughly 1,000% in ten years, pushing demand off-grid.
- 18:22
Denel's R30 billion pipeline is largely a wish list, a defence expert says, since much of it depends on associated companies' performance and lacks confirmed orders or government guarantees.