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Show recapsThe National Briefing

RC 261013SAfmCathy Mohlahlana

Tuesday, 13 October 2026

Matric exams opened with a record 815,000-plus full-time candidates, while the Constitutional Court reserved judgment on the ANC's candidate-list challenge and alliance tensions flared at Cosatu's congress.

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  1. 06:01

    Some 815,051 full-time candidates have registered for the October-November 2026 matric exams, up 48,508 on last year, with a further 147,781 part-time candidates also registered.

  2. 07:01

    The Constitutional Court reserved judgment on the ANC's challenge to the IEC's candidate nomination system, which turns on a 'submit as final' button absent from the law, and promised to rule urgently.

  3. 06:11

    Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya resigned minutes into his disciplinary hearing, and SAPS discharged him dishonourably, while his bail application on rape and grooming charges continues.

  4. 07:12

    Cosatu's Matthew Parks called Gwede Mantashe's walkout from the reconvened congress a matter of programme rather than principle, and said Cosatu will write to the ANC expressing its concern.

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