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Phahlane, co-accused face provisional withdrawal of R191m corruption case

The corruption case involving former acting national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane and several senior police officials over a R191 million SAPS emergency warning equipment tender has been provisionally withdrawn. Investigating Directorate Against

October 5, 2026

Crime·South Africa

AG: SETAs fund ‘ghosts’ students while needy students get nothing

People who have been reported dead by Home Affairs are being recorded as trained, or as having completed their training, by the entities that spend the skills levy. The Auditor-General put this

October 5, 2026

News·South Africa

Manamela can’t say when he’ll intervene at troubled NSFAS

Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela could not say when he would intervene if the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) fails to meet its readiness milestones for the 2027 academic year. Manamela

October 5, 2026

News·South Africa

DA says eThekwini mayoral race is now between it and MK Party

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says the race to lead eThekwini has narrowed down to two parties, the DA and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP). The party made the claim in a statement

October 5, 2026

Politics·South Africa

SCA dismisses NPA bid to challenge separation of trials for VBS accused

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Gauteng for leave to appeal a decision allowing two accused in the VBS Mutual

October 5, 2026

News·South Africa

Dlamini-Zuma welcomes oral evidence in Mbalula defamation case

ANC NEC member Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has welcomed a Johannesburg High Court ruling directing that oral evidence be heard in the defamation case brought against her by ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. The

October 5, 2026

News·Politics·South Africa

Legal Changes Necessary To Safeguard Persons In Cognitive Decline

On 21 September 2026, Africa Daily reported on developments in a court case handed down in relation to the late Honourable Mosiuoa “Terror” Lekota (https://africadaily.co.za/lekotas-nyatsi-scores-major-court-victory/?utm_source=chatgpt.com). The case sheds light on an area

October 5, 2026

Opinions

Court clears way for sale of Maumela’s R9.5m Ferrari

The High Court in Pretoria has rejected an urgent application by businessman Morgan Maumela and the MHR Maumela Family Trust to block the sale of a Ferrari SF90 Stradale seized as part

October 5, 2026

News·South Africa

Parliament probes auction industry over ‘abuse’ of assets

Parliament is preparing to put South Africa’s auction industry under the microscope over concerns that auctions are being used to undervalue assets, shut out local buyers and potentially undermine the country’s economic

October 5, 2026

Economy·News·South Africa

Digital platforms drain ad money as traditional media bleeds

South Africa’s traditional media industry is losing the advertising money that once kept newsrooms, newspapers, broadcasters and community publications alive. Now the fallout is reaching the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA),

October 5, 2026

News·South Africa

October 2026 - Page 39

Phahlane, co-accused face provisional withdrawal of R191m corruption case

AG: SETAs fund ‘ghosts’ students while needy students get nothing

Manamela can’t say when he’ll intervene at troubled NSFAS

DA says eThekwini mayoral race is now between it and MK Party

SCA dismisses NPA bid to challenge separation of trials for VBS accused

Dlamini-Zuma welcomes oral evidence in Mbalula defamation case

Legal Changes Necessary To Safeguard Persons In Cognitive Decline

Court clears way for sale of Maumela’s R9.5m Ferrari

Parliament probes auction industry over ‘abuse’ of assets

Digital platforms drain ad money as traditional media bleeds

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