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Sunday, 11 October 2026
A news-heavy Sunday afternoon edition of The Soundtrack of Your Life, with its music hours interrupted by bulletins on education rankings, matric registrations, a deadly migrant boat disaster and asylum litigation.
- 14:03
Provincial education performance will now be ranked on a broader set of indicators, including bachelor passes, learner retention and performance in gateway subjects like maths, science and accounting, rather than pass rates alone.
- 15:02
815,051 full-time candidates are registered for the 2026 National Senior Certificate exams, 48,508 more than last year, and the department says papers are set and schools assessed for readiness.
- 15:06
At least 109 migrants, including 15 children, have died after a boat carrying migrants from Djibouti to Yemen capsized, with about 80 rescued and dozens still missing.
- 13:01
Government will take part in a High Court hearing on the 29th to seek clarity on implementing the Constitutional Court ruling on asylum seekers, after two conflicting Gauteng High Court judgments.
- 13:02
The Department of Water and Sanitation says more than R400 million is needed to refurbish the North West wastewater treatment plant, out of service since 2023 after vandalism by illegal miners.