Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says that visible police forces and permanent roadblocks will soon be deployed to the province’s shopping hubs.

A widening gap between skills taught at school and university and those wanted by employers is fuelling South Africa’s deepening youth unemployment crisis.

ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula says service delivery in Johannesburg is in a dire state and the public should vote for the ANC in local government elections to remedy this, despite the city currently being run by an ANC-led coalition.

A delegation from the New York Young Republican Club is in South Africa documenting proof that the white Afrikaans population is being discriminated against.

MK party member Colleen Makhubele has resigned from her role as a Member of Parliament, saying it is in the party’s best interest.

These are the key developments happening in South Africa today, 25 February 2026.

Acting Minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, revealed the latest crime statistics for the third quarter, with unacceptably high rates of violent crimes persisting.

Acting Minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, revealed the latest crime statistics for the third quarter, with unacceptably high rates of violent crimes persisting.

A year after the 2025 State of the Province Address, experts and political parties say there has been no reasonable progress on the 13 focus areas outlined by the Gauteng Premier.

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party has not attempted to help return 17 South Africans deceived into fighting in Ukraine, despite MK Party paying for their Russia travel tickets.

Multiple civil rights groups and political parties are attempting to block the city from selling off 50 municipal properties, arguing that this land should be used for social and affordable housing, not given to the highest bidder.

A region of Limpopo has been declared a bio-secure zone in an effort to curb South Africa’s foot-and-mouth disease storm.

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has accepted the credentials of new US ambassador to South Africa and well-known conservative activist Leo Brent Bozell III, despite calls to reject Trump’s top choice for the job.

Five workers at Ekapa Mine have been trapped underground since last Thursday, with Minister Gwede Mantashe saying a thorough investigation will be conducted.

These are the key developments happening in South Africa today, 24 February 2026.

Acknowledging that BEE is not fulfilling its transformation mandate, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition is implementing new laws and a new R100 billion fund for BEE compliance.

While President Cyril Ramaphosa celebrates the end of loadshedding, the plan to fix a new electricity crisis, load reduction, is falling behind schedule and proving more difficult.

Ian Cameron, Chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police, said South Africa needs more than the army deployment to win the war on crime.

EFF leader Julius Malema said he does not hate white people. However, he hates the system and capitalism, which have taken from black people.

Residents of Gauteng are facing a deepening water crisis, with water restrictions looming.

Best Before clearance stores, which have grown to eight branches, offer lower prices on food and household products than Pick n Pay, Checkers, and Spar.