RC 261103SAfmCathy Mohlahlana
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
Day one of special voting brought Cape Town ballot delays and about 780,000 votes, while South Africa's looming loss of US trade preferences from January dominated the national agenda.
- 06:09
The US is removing South Africa and Rwanda from the AGOA trade programme from 1 January, ending 26 years of duty-free access to America for some South African products.
- 06:08
The IEC estimates about 780,000 special votes were cast on day one. In Cape Town, 217 voting stations opened late due to ballot delivery delays and were kept open an extra hour.
- 06:03
The High Court set aside the trade minister's award of the fourth national lottery licence to Sizekhaya Holdings, finding the minister acted unfairly, and referred the matter back to him.
- 06:50
The High Court ordered Angelo Agrizzi to repay more than R1.6 billion to the state over Bosasa's correctional services contracts and rejected his argument that he should pay only what he pocketed.
- 06:56
Municipalities spent R1.6 billion on consultants in a single year, mostly to prepare financial statements, and the Auditor General says audit outcomes got worse anyway.