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🔴No Nominee: JSC Declines to Recommend Candidate for Eastern Cape Post🔴

Johannesburg — The Judicial Service Commission has decided that it will not recommend any candidate for appointment as Deputy Judge President of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court. The decision followed deliberations on four judges interviewed for the vacancy: Bulelwa Pakati, Vuyokazi Noncembu, Buyiswa Majiki and Fatima Dawood.

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🔴Free State Looks to Chinese Investment to Expand Manufacturing and Employment🔴

Phuthaditjhaba — President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for more investment after two Chinese companies put money into the Maluti-a-Phofung Special Economic Zone, in the Harrismith area of the eastern Free State. He spoke on Friday, 9 October 2026, at the Phuthaditjhaba multi-purpose centre in QwaQwa.

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🔴Ramaphosa Unveils Joylong’s R5.5 Billion Electric Vehicle Plant for the Free State🔴

Phuthaditjhaba — President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched a Free State industrial programme built around three investments of more than R120 billion, including a planned Joylong automotive plant worth about R5,5 billion that is expected to build up to 8 000 electric vehicles a year.

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🔴High Court Rules Andile Lungisa’s Removal From ANC Election List Unlawful🔴

Johannesburg — The Johannesburg High Court has ruled that the removal of ANC national executive committee member Andile Lungisa from the party’s Nelson Mandela Bay candidate list was unconstitutional, unlawful and invalid. Judge NP Mali found that secretary-general Fikile Mbalula had no power, under the party’s own rules, to strike the name off alone.

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🔴IFP Takes Hostel Campaign to Madala Hotel in Alexandra🔴

Alexandra — The Inkatha Freedom Party has taken its hostel campaign to Madala Hostel in Alexandra, a block the city itself has called deplorable. The stop is part of a trail through hostel complexes ahead of the local elections on 4 November. Johannesburg mayoral candidate Mlungisi Mabaso was at Denver Hostel this week, where he called the party’s coalition habit “sober” and said it has worked with almost everyone.

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🔴CAF Raises Grants to 54 Member Associations From $200,000 to $700,000🔴

Sal — Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe has said grants to the 54 member associations have been raised from just over 200 000 dollars to 700 000 dollars, and that results matter more than the cheque. He was opening a strategy conference on Sal Island in Cape Verde on Thursday, with FIFA president Gianni Infantino and Cape Verde’s president, Janira Hopffer Almada.

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🔴Police Remain on High Alert in Soweto Amid Rising Tensions🔴

Soweto — Police stayed on high alert in Soweto overnight after at least 10 vehicles were torched and shops looted on Thursday during clashes tied to the asylum ruling. Acting national commissioner Puleng Dimoane went to the township to assess the scene. In Durban, 14 vehicles were burnt and three people were arrested. No death toll has been confirmed in Soweto. Metro police had told motorists to avoid Orlando West while cars were still burning.

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🔴IEC Chairperson Moepya Warns That Electoral Code Breaches Undermine Public Trust🔴

Mahikeng — Electoral Commission chairperson Mosotho Moepya has called the electoral code of conduct a public covenant, and said a breach undermines confidence and taints the result. He was in Mahikeng on Thursday, 8 October 2026, as political parties in North West signed the pledge ahead of the local government elections on 4 November. He told them the close races are exactly why the code will be tested.

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🔴Four Suspects Arrested After Armed Robbery at Deneysville Tyre Business🔴

Viljoensdrif — Four men, aged 23 to 26, were arrested on the R716 on Thursday after an armed robbery at a tyre business in Deneysville the day before. Police recovered two unlicensed firearms and the stolen property. Nobody was hurt in the arrest, including the officers. The charges on the first account are possession of stolen property and unlicensed firearms. The robbery itself is the case that started the chase.

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🔴Four Killed, Including Three Children, in Horrific R59 Collision Near Sasolburg🔴

Sasolburg — Four people, including three children, were killed on Thursday afternoon when a Volkswagen Caravelle used as school transport hit a Mercedes-Benz truck head-on on the R59 between Vaalpark and Sasolburg. The crash was at about 15:15. The dead are the male driver, 60, and three children aged between six and nine, one girl and two boys.

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