Wednesday, 28 October 2026

Researchers counted 43 people in politically linked attacks by end-September, already more than in the whole of the last local election cycle, as the DA's Metsimaholo caucus leader was shot dead at home.

Treasury says it is saving R13 billion on social grants by cutting fraud, but a coalition of churches, unions and researchers told Parliament around 3 million people are losing grants over failed reviews.

The presidency has sent 510 soldiers onto Durban streets to support police after anti-immigrant marches turned deadly and a Ugandan man was beaten to death last week.

Fourteen South African Municipal Workers' Union members face public violence charges in Johannesburg after a protest over a wage agreement shut the M1 freeway; the union says employees are owed R9.1 billion.