https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/matlala-tells-madlanga-commission-idac-investigators-wanted-him-implicate-police-generals Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T16:56:19.674Z Matlala tells Madlanga Commission IDAC wanted him to implicate police generals Vusimuzi Matlala, Cat Matlala, Madlanga Commission, IDAC, plea deal, Fannie Masemola, Dumisani Khumalo, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, commission of inquiry, SAPS tender https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/four-arrested-two-killed-alleged-mob-attack-kwazakhele-gqeberha Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T12:08:10.248Z Four arrested after two men killed in alleged mob attack in Kwazakhele, Gqeberha Kwazakhele mob justice, Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay, vigilantism, New Brighton police, mob attack arrests, SAPS, Andre Beetge https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/three-men-shot-dead-grassy-park-anti-gang-unit-investigates Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T12:07:22.862Z Three men shot dead in Grassy Park as Anti-Gang Unit investigates Grassy Park shooting, Cape Flats, Anti-Gang Unit, Glen Close, Cape Town crime, gang violence, SAPS, FC Van Wyk https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/da-nine-western-cape-councils-outright-16-hung-coalition-talks Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T12:12:13.683Z DA wins nine Western Cape councils outright as 16 hang and coalition talks loom Western Cape local elections 2026, DA Western Cape, Cape Town 56.42%, hung councils, Tertuis Simmers, ANC Western Cape, coalition talks, Knysna, Oudtshoorn https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/anc-centralises-coalition-talks-national-negotiating-team-mbalula-nec-thursday Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T12:11:18.980Z ANC centralises coalition talks under a national team led by Mbalula ahead of Thursday NEC ANC coalition talks, Fikile Mbalula, ANC NEC, hung councils, local government elections 2026, coalition, Gwede Mantashe, Nomvula Mokonyane, ActionSA, Ramaphosa https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/madlanga-rejects-matlala-bid-exclude-plea-deal-statement-testimony Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T12:09:38.526Z Madlanga rejects Matlala bid to keep failed plea-deal statement out of testimony Madlanga Commission, Matlala plea deal, section 105A, Vusimuzi Matlala, NPA, IDAC, Medicare24, commission of inquiry, Senzo Mchunu, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/opinion-gauteng-metro-coalitions-must-commit-water-power-service-delivery Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T06:37:35.343Z Opinion: Whoever runs Gauteng's metros inherits a water and power emergency Opinion, Gauteng coalitions, Johannesburg water crisis, City Power, Rand Water, SAHRC, service delivery, hung councils https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/cop31-opens-antalya-african-countries-push-triple-adaptation-finance Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T06:38:05.546Z COP31 opens in Antalya as African countries push to triple adaptation finance COP31, Antalya, adaptation finance, Africa climate talks, Paris Agreement, El Nino, climate change https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/qlfs-third-quarter-2026-what-to-expect-unemployment-manufacturing-mining Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T06:29:47.478Z Jobs data due Tuesday: what to expect from the third-quarter labour force survey Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Stats SA, unemployment rate, youth unemployment, manufacturing production, mining production, Nedbank, Investec, Absa https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/mayfair-substation-fire-johannesburg-power-outage-city-power Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T06:34:50.347Z Mayfair substation fire leaves parts of Johannesburg without power since Sunday Mayfair substation fire, City Power, Johannesburg power outage, Brixton, Vrededorp, Auckland Park, Garden City Hospital, Isaac Mangena https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/judicial-conduct-tribunal-opens-hearing-judge-belinda-hartle Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T06:28:16.283Z Tribunal opens hearing into Judge Belinda Hartle over alleged racial slur Judge Belinda Hartle, Judicial Conduct Tribunal, Judicial Service Commission, Eastern Cape High Court, judicial misconduct, impeachment, Thozamile Semekazi https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/gauteng-metros-seat-numbers-parties-need-to-govern Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T06:32:54.187Z Gauteng's three metros: the seat numbers each party needs to govern Gauteng metro coalitions, Johannesburg council seats, Tshwane council seats, Ekurhuleni council seats, hung councils, DA, ActionSA, ANC, local government elections 2026, coalition talks https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/final-local-election-results-anc-30-76-da-24-64-mk-9-76-hung-councils-coalition-talks Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T05:04:05.619Z ANC wins 30.76%, DA 24.64% in final local election results as MK takes 9.76% final local election results 2026, ANC 30.76%, DA 24.64%, MK Party, hung councils, IEC free and fair, coalition talks, Mosotho Moepya, Douglas revote, Politics https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/week-ahead-madlanga-anc-coalition-meetings-reserve-bank-decision Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T04:57:40.387Z The week ahead: Madlanga hearings, ANC coalition meetings and the Reserve Bank decision week ahead South Africa, Madlanga Commission, Cat Matlala, ANC NEC, Reserve Bank MPC 19 November, Phala Phala sentencing, Stats SA unemployment, coalition talks https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/malema-anc-must-accept-ramaphosa-exit-if-mk-demands-it Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T04:53:19.025Z Malema says ANC must accept Ramaphosa's exit if MK demands it, and floats an anti-DA bloc Julius Malema, EFF, Ramaphosa, MK Party, ANC coalition, ANC-EFF-MK-SACP bloc, DA, hung councils, local government elections 2026, Fikile Mbalula https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/da-drafts-coalition-frameworks-government-of-local-unity Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T04:55:10.905Z DA drafts coalition frameworks and weighs a 'government of local unity' for hung councils DA coalition frameworks, Geordin Hill-Lewis, government of local unity, hung councils, ActionSA, Michael Beaumont, Herman Mashaba, Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, local government elections 2026 https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/bellville-taxi-rank-shooting-four-dead Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T04:51:04.114Z Four men shot dead at Bellville taxi rank on Saturday night as police investigate Bellville taxi rank shooting, Cape Town, Frederick van Wyk, taxi violence, Western Cape police, murder, attempted murder, SAPS https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/militants-raid-drc-village-north-kivu-ebola-patients-flee Insight Factor en 2026-11-08T14:39:22.234Z Militants raid DRC village in North Kivu and Ebola patients flee hospital DRC Ebola, North Kivu, Islamic State-linked militants, Ebola patients flee, Democratic Republic of Congo, outbreak, armed attack, Ebola response https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/orange-level-5-flood-warning-central-southern-kzn-sunday Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T15:29:18.818Z Orange Level 5 flood warning for central and southern KZN on Sunday KZN flood warning, Orange Level 5, SAWS, severe thunderstorms, weather warning, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, fire danger, 8 November 2026 https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/anc-condemns-political-killings-natjoints-more-than-20-murders Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T04:52:27.466Z ANC condemns political killings as NatJoints records more than 20 murders political killings, NatJoints, Fikile Mbalula, ANC, local government elections 2026, councillor murders, SAPS, NPA, Luxolo Namette, Bushbuckridge https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/mk-party-not-ruled-out-electoral-court-challenge-election-results Insight Factor en 2026-11-09T04:56:10.297Z MK Party does not rule out Electoral Court challenge over election results MK Party Electoral Court, IEC objections, eThekwini, Dali Mpofu, local government elections 2026, election results, recounts, Jacob Zuma https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/eff-urges-anc-reconsider-da-coalition-reconcile-lost-kids Insight Factor en 2026-11-08T14:36:49.738Z EFF urges ANC to reconsider DA coalition and reconcile with its 'lost kids' EFF ANC DA coalition, Julius Malema, Fikile Mbalula, hung councils, local government elections 2026, coalition talks, EFF, ANC, DA, IEC https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/us-state-department-plans-nearly-1-million-grant-afriforum-document-violence-minorities Insight Factor en 2026-11-08T09:58:32.307Z US plans nearly $1m grant to AfriForum to document violence against minorities AfriForum grant, US State Department, Lex Libertas, Jeanne Shaheen, Afrikaner, South Africa US relations, human rights grant, Politics https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/iec-declares-final-local-election-results-6pm-sunday-anc-near-31-percent-midrand Insight Factor en 2026-11-08T07:01:51.216Z IEC to declare final local election results at 6pm today, with the ANC near 31% IEC final results, local government elections 2026, ANC vote share, hung councils, Mbalula, MK Party, KwaZulu-Natal, National Results Operations Centre, Politics https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/somalia-political-crisis-supreme-court-rules-president-term-extension-unlawful Insight Factor en 2026-11-08T06:33:03.406Z Somalia in political crisis after Supreme Court rules president's term extension unlawful Somalia Supreme Court, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, term extension, Somalia elections, chief justice dismissed, Hassan Ali Khaire, Africa https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/exporters-urge-fresh-agoa-push-after-us-midterms-democrats-win-congress Insight Factor en 2026-11-08T06:31:54.702Z Exporters urge fresh AGOA push after Democrats win Congress, as 1 January exit nears AGOA, US midterms, South Africa exports, Exporters Western Cape, Terry Gale, Parks Tau, US trade deal, tariffs, Business https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/madlanga-commission-orders-submissions-section-105a-plea-deal-matlala-testimony Insight Factor en 2026-11-08T06:27:40.583Z Madlanga Commission orders written argument on plea-deal law before Matlala testifies Madlanga Commission, Vusimuzi Matlala, Cat Matlala, section 105A, plea agreement, Medicare24, NPA, self-incrimination, Crime https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/eskom-r4-billion-curtailment-bill-solar-wind-farms-consumers-tariffs Insight Factor en 2026-11-08T06:26:16.388Z Eskom expects a R4bn bill this year to pay solar and wind farms for curtailed power Eskom curtailment, deemed energy, NTCSA, solar power, wind farms, Nersa, electricity tariffs, Keith Bowen, Deon Conradie, Business https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/ramaphosa-reportedly-raised-stepping-down-anc-president-party-unaware Insight Factor en 2026-11-08T06:29:29.304Z Ramaphosa reportedly raised stepping down as ANC president; party says it is unaware Ramaphosa resignation, ANC president, ANC NEC, local government elections 2026, GNU, Mbalula, coalition talks, ANC Top Seven, Politics https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/udm-councillor-luxolo-namette-shot-dead-motherwell-nelson-mandela-bay Insight Factor en 2026-11-07T21:21:22.794Z UDM councillor Luxolo Namette shot dead in Motherwell, Nelson Mandela Bay Luxolo Namette, UDM councillor, Nelson Mandela Bay, Motherwell, political killings, Gantana, Bobotyane, Political Killings Task Team, MPAC https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/unisa-says-own-rules-will-guide-response-council-member-arrest-election-incident Insight Factor en 2026-11-07T21:29:38.946Z Unisa says its own rules will guide its response after council member's election arrest Unisa, Justice Dabampe, Electoral Act, election intimidation, Christiana, North West, Unisa council, convocation president, IEC https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/government-preparing-coalition-guidelines-via-cogta-as-hung-councils-loom-baloyi Insight Factor en 2026-11-07T21:26:54.948Z Government preparing coalition guidelines for new councils, deputy spokesperson says coalition guidelines, CoGTA, William Baloyi, hung councils, local government elections 2026, coalition governance, first council meeting, Municipal Structures Act https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/dcs-raids-kgosi-mampuru-ii-cells-after-viral-video-of-dancing-inmates Insight Factor en 2026-11-07T21:02:01.150Z Correctional Services raids Kgosi Mampuru II cells after viral video of dancing inmates Kgosi Mampuru II, Correctional Services, DCS raid, Malesela Teffo, prison video, contraband, Thobakgale, Nxumalo https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/matlala-expected-back-madlanga-commission-9-10-november-five-weeks-early Insight Factor en 2026-11-07T19:59:32.736Z Matlala expected back at Madlanga Commission on 9 and 10 November, five weeks early Cat Matlala, Madlanga Commission, Vusimuzi Matlala, Madlanga Commission hearings, 9 November, attempted murder trial, Mbuyiseli Madlanga https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/anc-41-55-percent-northern-cape-17-hung-councils-sol-plaatje Insight Factor en 2026-11-07T20:39:43.472Z ANC slips to 41.55% in Northern Cape as 17 councils hang, provincial chair says Northern Cape election results, ANC Northern Cape, Zamani Saul, Sol Plaatje, hung councils, 41.55%, coalition, local government elections 2026 https://www.theinsightfactor.com/article/anc-30-88-percent-99-percent-counted-nec-meets-thursday-coalition-options Insight Factor en 2026-11-08T07:00:23.370Z ANC on 30.78% with 99% counted as its NEC prepares to meet Thursday on coalitions ANC coalition, ANC NEC, 30.88%, local government elections 2026, hung councils, Fikile Mbalula, Julius Malema, DA, ActionSA, SACP, metros