RC 261022SAfmSakina Kamwendo

Thursday, 22 October 2026

Youth unemployment, a looming Rand Water supply squeeze and a fatal mob attack in Durban's CBD dominated this Thursday's Update at Noon.

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  1. 12:26

    SAPS logged 156,131 profile registrations in under 24 hours for 5,500 entry-level trainee posts, highlighting severe youth unemployment pressure across the country.

  2. 12:11

    Rand Water warned municipalities to curb overconsumption while it pumps at maximum capacity, saying it may curtail supply to protect the system if use is not reduced.

  3. 12:44

    A foreign national believed to be in his late 30s was allegedly assaulted to death by a group of about 50 people in the Durban CBD, after two men broke away and approached him.

  4. 12:54

    The State Security Agency has granted media access to the trial of two former officers accused of misappropriating 12 million rand in SSA funds, a trial that was previously closed.