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Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Eastern Cape flood rescues, a stalled helicopter search and a Johannesburg water-contamination rumour dominated, alongside Israel's first election since the October 7 attacks, analysed by Oscar van Heerden.
- 20:02
Four boys who went fishing are trapped on a riverbank in the Eastern Cape, and the municipality could not get a helicopter in because of low-lying cloud.
- 20:01
The Gauteng NPA has withdrawn assault and extortion charges against senior police crime intelligence officer Ismail Dawood, finding no evidence to support the extortion charge and insufficient evidence for the assault charge.
- 21:08
Israelis went to the polls in a pivotal general election that could decide Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political future, the first national vote since the October 7, 2023 attacks.
- 20:22
Johannesburg Water has dismissed social media claims of water contamination in the city as fake news, saying it has issued no communication alluding to contamination in any part of Johannesburg.