Top Headlines
- Zondo hits out: key State Capture Commission recommendations still unimplemented years later (IOL).
- Warrant of arrest issued for Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula after she skipped her corruption trial; the warrant was then stayed after her ‘no show’ (SABC / Citizen).
- Record petrol pain: motorists warned to brace for steep pump hikes (Citizen).
- Government delays South Africa’s power-grid expansion plan by six months (Moneyweb).
- Carletonville: 18 killed; Lesotho association pleads “put down the guns” (IOL).
- Medical aids: Discovery and Momentum hikes land nearly double the CMS 3.8% benchmark (IOL).
Justice & Accountability
- Khampepe Commission of Inquiry (TRC cases) sitting live (SABC).
- Gen Shadrack Sibiya bail hearing: defence claims the 16-year-old voluntarily sent X-rated videos; Sibiya disputes arrest location — says he was at a restaurant, “not only exclusively a strip club” (SABC / Citizen / IOL).
- Sydenham massacre case setback: charges dropped, alleged mastermind to face court (Citizen).
- Public Protector finds Mashazi guilty of improper conduct (SABC).
- Rhodes University: police “open fire” on students (Citizen).
- PKTT arrests three Western Cape municipal officials over fraud (SABC).
- Malema and Hill-Lewis clash over the EFF’s coalition record; eThekwini mayor demands the DA remove a “defamatory” N2 billboard (IOL / SABC).
- SABC tells Parliament it will cover the 2026 Local Government Elections only as far as its finances allow (SABC).
Why It Matters
Accountability is the through-line today: Zondo’s own report card says state-capture remedies are stuck, a former minister skips court on corruption charges, and municipal fraud arrests keep stacking up — all while the LGE 2026 coalition fight heats up and the power-grid plan slips another six months.