Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Thabo Mbeki told the Khampepe inquiry that the NPA, not the presidency, must explain why nearly 300 TRC-referred apartheid-era cases went nowhere, and suggested the prosecution service may have been compromised.

Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya took responsibility for negligence after the Bronkhorstspruit water treatment plant ran out of chlorine, with 408 gastrointestinal illness cases reported, mostly children under four.

The health minister says no outbreak has been declared while samples are tested. Residents must not drink tap water, should boil water, and should use the municipality's tankers instead.

A new Job Jack report puts the cost of looking for entry-level work at R490 a month, and more than a third of unemployed people who missed an interview say they could not afford transport.