The National Briefing
- Cathy Mohlahlana
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- 06:00–09:00 SAST
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Monday, 2 November 2026
Special voting opens for 2.6 million approved voters as Johannesburg's water crisis deepens and Johannesburg Water offers no restoration date.
- 06:08
Special voting opens today and tomorrow for 2.6 million approved voters, the largest number of special votes ever in a local election; 678,000 will vote through home visits.
- 06:54
Johannesburg Water cannot give a date for restoring taps in areas dry for nearly two weeks, with reservoirs at critical levels and aging infrastructure driving the losses.
- 07:19
A High Court interim order now bars violence, intimidation and road blocking in Cape Town after several shootings in a taxi route dispute; taxis are running normally this morning.
- 06:10
Washington is due to decide today whether South Africa keeps its AGOA trade benefits for next year, and government says it is ready for either outcome.
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