Top Headlines
- Parliament votes on a motion of no confidence against Speaker Thoko Didiza — opposition pushes to remove her as the 2026 local elections loom.
- Water crisis deepens: MPs hear elders in some municipalities are forced to use plastic packets as toilets, while the Giyani water project sits at R48bn and still unfinished.
- Knysna: police captain killed in a deadly raid, four suspects before court, and ANC’s Firoz Cachalia vows justice after the shootout.
- SAPS intercepts a R200m cocaine shipment at OR Tambo International Airport.
- Mining giants — Anglo American, Exxaro, Thungela, Sibanye — turn their backs on Eskom via Envusa Energy as big industry builds its own power.
- Dlamini-Zuma apologises to Minister Lamola in the ANC vote-buying allegations storm; Lamola welcomes her withdrawal.
Madlanga / Justice
- ‘Cat’ Matlala admits receiving a R20,000 loan from former Hawks boss Lesetja Senona — then refuses to answer further questions at the Madlanga Commission.
- Matlala claims Senona handed him sensitive police documents and advised him to challenge a R360m tender cancellation.
- Matlala denies improper links to Senona, but the commission keeps probing their business dealings and the R167m bust link.
Why It Matters
Big accountability day: the no-confidence vote tests Parliament’s stability while Matlala’s testimony pulls the Hawks’ top brass deeper into the Madlanga probe — with water, crime and energy failures dominating the 2026 election campaign.