Wednesday, 21 October 2026

The Constitutional Court ruled that four successive presidents failed in their duty to consider presidential pardons for two men wrongly convicted in 1992 of murdering a Free State police officer.

Meta has been ordered to pay US$25 billion, around R400 billion, in a New Mexico case over misleading consumers about data privacy; an appeal is expected but not yet confirmed.

The Border Management Authority's new Vehicle Targeting System uses cameras at every port to read each number plate and check it against several databases, including police and bank records.

Diabetes kills 79 South Africans every day, making it the country's single biggest natural cause of death, with 2.3 million adults diagnosed and about a million more unaware.

New National Consumer Commission rules will fine companies breaching telemarketing rules R1 million or 10% of revenue per breach, with an opt-out register for consumers to join.