Heavy Police Presence as Anti-Immigration Gatherings Resume After Soweto, Durban Violence

Citizens gathered in and around areas affected by violent protests in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal on Friday, as police maintained a heavy presence following the torching of 24 vehicles in Soweto and Durban on Thursday.

The gatherings come amid growing tensions over immigration and the Constitutional Court’s July judgment concerning asylum seekers, with political parties and traditional leaders weighing in on the government’s handling of the issue.

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The Department of Home Affairs has withdrawn a controversial directive on the processing of asylum seeker applications after its implementation overwhelmed refugee reception offices, placed officials at risk and coincided with violent anti-immigrant protests in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.

In a statement on Friday, 9 October 2026, the department said the directive, issued by the Director-General of Home Affairs on 28 September, had been withdrawn following serious consequences that emerged after its implementation.

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Human capital as a strategic resource

In the 21st century, the competitiveness of countries is determined not only by access to natural resources or production capacity but also by their ability to develop theirREAD MORE

Polokwane Magistrate Mpho Radebe has granted Rirhandzu Tibana and businessman Jabulani Maluleke R60,000 bail each in the case involving alleged fraud, theft and money laundering linked to deceased estates worth millions of rand.

Tibana, 30, the younger sister of suspended attorney Charlotte Tibana, and Maluleke, 43, a director of Risima Jeje Trading Enterprise, appeared before the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Thursday for judgment on their bail applications.

The State did not oppose bail, despite alleging that theREAD MORE

A trial to test delivery robots has begun in the country

Russia plans to put at least 12,000 delivery robots into operation over the next three years to assess their suitability for use. An experimental legal framework for the use of delivery robots has been introduced by a decree drafted by the Russian Ministry of Economic Development. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed the decree, according to the ministry’s website.

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The ongoing parliamentary spectacle surrounding suspended National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola brings into sharp, unforgiving focus the fundamental design flaw at the heart of South Africa’s criminal justice administration.

The ANC has proposed that Parliament’s ad hoc committee make an adverse finding against Masemola. Their grievance? That he failed to “resist” an allegedly unlawful directive issued by suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu regarding Crime Intelligence positions and the PKTT.

In doing so, Parliament is attempting toREAD MORE

The politician linked the country’s prospects to rapid economic and technological development

India could become the world’s largest economy by 2047. This was stated by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Nara Chandrababu Naidu, whilst speaking at the PAN-IIT technology summit in Vijayawada, reports ANI, a partner of TV BRICS.

According to Naidu, India is maintaining a steady pace of economic growth and is gradually strengthening its position in the global economy. He noted that itREAD MORE

Her Majesty Queen Masalanabo Modjadji VII, the Rain Queen of the Balobedu Nation in Limpopo, has taken on a new leadership responsibility after being appointed Deputy Chairperson of the Forum of South Africa’s Majesties.

The appointment places the Queen in a senior position within a national forum representing traditional leadership and comes at a time when traditional institutions are being called on to play a greater role in addressing some of the country’s most pressing social and communityREAD MORE

A 31-year-old sangoma who lured his client to a secluded bush under the guise of performing a cleansing ritual before murdering and beheading him has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Atamelang Regional Court in North West.

William Thibedi was convicted of premeditated murder after the court found that he had deliberately used the purported traditional ritual to isolate the deceased before killing him.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) welcomed the sentence onREAD MORE

The University of Limpopo has confirmed the identity of the 22-year-old student whose body was discovered near the university’s campus fence last week.

The deceased has been identified as Petra Mathaba Tsebe, a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) student registered with the university’s Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine.

Tsebe, ULAMS chairperson, who was in her fourth year of medical studies, died on 4READ MORE