Thursday, 8 October 2026

The Constitutional Court declared sections 4 and 21 of the Refugee Act unconstitutional because procedural hurdles, like entering outside a port of entry or missing a five-day reporting window, blocked asylum claims. It grants no automatic status.

Refugee reception centres will move from inland offices to border areas in a phased approach starting December, so rejected applicants are turned back at the port of entry, the Inter-Ministerial Committee said.

The Standing Committee on Appropriations adopted the second special appropriations bill, letting Treasury withdraw R10 billion from the National Revenue Fund to stabilise fuel prices. It goes to the National Assembly next.

In Durban's CBD, three cars were reportedly burnt after an alleged shooting by a foreign national, an unverified claim, as police moved in to disperse the crowd.

Rabada has been ruled out of South Africa's first Test against Australia with a hamstring injury sustained during winter training, and has not played since the IPL in May.