RC 260924SAfmAshraf Garda
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Heritage Day reflections centred on political accountability, gender-based violence, electricity costs, student funding and a serious privacy flaw in Gauteng’s e-panic app.
- 15:55
A computer science student found Gauteng’s e-panic app exposed crime reports, victims’ images, names, addresses, contact details and location histories; the developer fixed the vulnerabilities within 24 hours.
- 15:13
Crime expert Mkodisi Matibula said suspended police commissioner Fani Masemola should have rejected an unlawful ministerial directive, but warned police culture discourages officers from challenging superiors.
- 15:44
The draft energy pricing policy is open for public comment until 28 October; NERSA would revise its tariff methodology after adoption, with lower prices potentially taking about five years.
- 16:12
Deputy Higher Education Minister Yusuf Kassim said incorrect qualification codes wrongly froze funding for students, including nearly 400 at Nelson Mandela University, and is pursuing changes to the N-plus rule.
- 16:01
President Cyril Ramaphosa said violence against women must not become part of South Africa’s inheritance, while calling for democracy and citizens’ rights to be upheld.