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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.