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Saturday, 10 October 2026
Weekend View was dominated by fallout from the asylum-seeker ruling, with violent protests in Durban and Soweto, record fuel prices, and advice on what debt means for your estate.
- 06:06
The acting police minister says government is considering asking the Constitutional Court for more time to implement its asylum seeker ruling, after violent protests in Durban and Soweto. The Home Affairs directive has been withdrawn.
- 06:49
President Ramaphosa says the Home Affairs directive was a departmental implementation that should be suspended while the entire situation is assessed, and hopes there is no loss of life in the protests.
- 06:15
The AA condemns a fuel price increase effective 7 October that pushed petrol and diesel to the highest prices South Africans have ever paid, with a further November rise forecast.
- 06:22
The AA calls for scrapping the general fuel levy and ancillary taxes for a R6 to R8 reprieve on the pump price, buying strategic fuel reserves, and recommissioning refining capacity such as Mossel Bay.
- 06:24
Debt does not disappear when you die. It becomes a claim against your deceased estate, so outstanding bonds, vehicle finance and credit cards must be settled before heirs inherit anything.