RC 260807SAfmSakina Kamwendo
Friday, 7 August 2026
Local election season officially began with the 4 November poll date gazetted, while the show also dug into TRC testimony, a massive forestry scam and election security planning.
- 12:12
Cooperative Governance Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa proclaimed 4 November 2026 as the local government election date, formally opening the 90-day election period and the IEC timetable.
- 12:30
Justice Minister Mamuloko Kubayi told the TRC cases inquiry she never tried to stop apartheid-era prosecutions, saying the NPA’s prosecutorial decisions remain with the NDPP and Parliament cannot direct them.
- 12:48
More than 300,000 South Africans are believed to have lost money in the Morita Forestry scheme, with claims of fixed daily returns from fake woodland investments and losses now estimated above R500 million.
- 12:54
NAT Joints said law enforcement has activated an extensive election operation, including visible policing, intelligence gathering, crowd control and rapid response, and warned political killers they will be arrested and jailed.