RC 260923SAfmSakina Kamwendo
Wednesday, 23 September 2026
The episode was dominated by the ANC’s Constitutional Court bid over 181 excluded local-election candidates, alongside KwaZulu-Natal’s deadly mass shooting and legal battles affecting Limpopo matric learners.
- 12:13
The ANC has approached the Constitutional Court to reinstate 181 candidates excluded after details were captured on the IEC system but the final submission step was not completed.
- 12:26
Police launched a 72-hour operation after 11 people, including a pregnant woman, were killed and three injured when gunmen opened fire at a Kwamakuta gathering.
- 12:24
The High Court in Makhanda dismissed ANC members’ urgent application against the party’s Eastern Cape candidate-list process; their representatives plan to approach the Electoral Court.
- 12:51
Fifty Limpopo matric learners are challenging withheld 2024 results after being found guilty of group copying, while the education department concedes their disciplinary process was procedurally unlawful.
- 12:33
August consumer inflation rose to 4.4% from 4.3% in July, while economist Davi Ruit expected a 25-basis-point repo-rate hike followed by a pause.