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Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis makes an announcement. Livestream| DA’s Geordin Hill-Lewis media briefing: www.sabcnews.com, https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/live-das-geordin-hill-lewis-media-briefing/

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Suspended Ekurhuleni Human Resources Head Linda Gxasheka will be back to testify before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria on Friday morning. The Commission of Inquiry is probing criminality, political interference and corruption in the Criminal Justice System. Livestream| Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, 27 February 2026: www.sabcnews.com, https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/live-madlanga-commission-of-inquiry-27-february-2026/

The United States (US) aims to process 4500 refugee applications from white South Africans per month, far above President Donald Trump’s stated refugee program cap, and is installing trailers on embassy property in Pretoria to support the effort, a US contracting document said. The new target, contained in a previously unreported document from the American State Department dated January 27, …

Accused two in the Senzo Meyiwa trial, Bongani Ntanzi, is expected back in the hot seat as the state continues probing his alleged involvement in the murder of the soccer captain. Ntanzi has been under cross-examination at the High Court in Pretoria, where he is appearing alongside four others for the 2014 murder of Meyiwa. Ntanzi continues to deny his …

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s (MKP) Ad Hoc Committee member, David Skosana, has implored National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza to ensure that forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan returns to account before the committee. O’Sullivan walked out of Parliament on Thursday during proceedings, claiming that he needed to catch a flight. Didiza has stated that action will be taken against O’Sullivan once the …

By Eric Yiga For days, Fredrick Namara Karuhanga lay unconscious after a brutal assault that nearly claimed his life in March 2023. Severely beaten, abandoned along the lakeshores of Mbeya Island in Mukono District, and stripped of his property, Namara survived only after marine soldiers intervened and rushed him for medical attention. He later opened a criminal case, now under …

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe will return to the Ekapa Mine on Friday, where five miners are still trapped after a mud rush incident. Mantashe’s follow-up visit comes after the diamond mine, which is Kimberley in the Northern Cape, announced its decision to apply for liquidation. Over 1 000 miners have lost their jobs and have not been …

Pakistan struck targets inside Afghanistan’s major cities overnight, Pakistani and Taliban officials said on Friday, as cross-border fighting intensified following months of tensions and skirmishes between the two countries. A security source in Pakistan said the strikes involved air and ground strikes against Taliban posts, headquarters and ammunition depots in multiple sectors along the border. Both sides reported heavy losses, …

The High Court in Durban will hear an application for the provisional liquidation of Tongaat-Hulett on Friday. Business rescue practitioners have brought the application. The company was placed under business rescue in 2022. Since then, the 134-year-old sugar giant has suffered a R12 billion share value loss. This is despite creditors approving a rescue plan in 2024 for the company …