South Africa Today — 2026-08-24
The day’s news across South Africa, pulled from the main sources and cross-checked. Stories covered by multiple outlets are marked CONFIRMED — that’s the truth signal. Every item links to the original source.
Matlala’s legal team threatens to walk out of Madlanga Commission [CONFIRMED — 2 sources]
Lamola says he didn’t support setting up TRC Cases Commission
Zambia closes courts on last day to file election challenge
Namibia names squad for T20I tri-series with South Africa, Zimbabwe
Gauteng load reduction schedule for the rest of August [CONFIRMED — 2 sources]
Arrest warrant issued for Jub Jub after failure to appear in court
You still can’t choose who sells you electricity in South Africa
MTN is spending less on the best network in South Africa
Inside South Africa’s clean coal programme
SA’s new growth push targets 1m jobs
Government-business partnership moves from fixing SA to growing GDP
How collaboration is powering SME growth in SA
Bangladesh court upholds death sentences over teen burned alive
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