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Follow live updates and commentary from the National Assembly as President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the annual State of the Nation Address.
MONDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2026, 07:25
Follow live updates and commentary from the National Assembly as President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the annual State of the Nation Address.

The South African Human Rights Commission has called for the country’s worsening water crisis to be declared a national disaster, warning that the situation has reached “crisis proportions”.

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The City of Cape Town plans to tighten enforcement on commercial-scale short-term letting to ensure properties primarily used for Airbnb-style accommodation pay commercial rates.
The lawyers say conditions are restrictive and risk delaying preparations in a case involving voluminous evidence and expert reports.
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The lead investigator in the Emmanuel Mbhense killing has told the Madlanga commission she is confident she will secure a conviction when the matter goes to court.
Roedean School in Johannesburg has apologised to King David High for the cancellation of a tennis fixture and has acknowledged that its “actions were deeply hurtful to the Jewish community”.

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Siyabonga Ngezana has been ruled out for the next six week with a knee injury, and he’s likely to miss Bafana Bafana’s match against Panama.

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The sugar giant’s business rescue practitioners have filed for provisional liquidation after a R12-billion collapse, citing a breakdown in funding talks and new demands from the Vision consortium.

Five years after President Cyril Ramaphosa promised to support the local sugar industry, SA Canegrowers said the sector faces collapse, with urgent intervention needed.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is once again lobbying for South Africa to drop Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) laws to get Starlink internet into the country.
Angela Blackwell and her trusty dog Jaydee have become the first blind-person-and-guide-dog pair to trek the 65km Pondo trail over four days.