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🚨 THE BATTLE FOR OUR CITIES IS ON! 🚨

IOL presents the ultimate 2026 Town Hall Debates featuring the mayoral candidates fighting for your vote in South Africa's biggest metros! 🇿🇦💥

Get the real answers, hear the boldest plans, and see who has what it takes to lead:
📍 Johannesburg
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📅 WHEN: October 19 – October 22, 2026

📱 WHERE TO WATCH: Streaming LIVE on Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube!

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#LGE2026 #LocalGovernmentElections #SAnews

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The City of Tshwane is investigating between 140 and 160 reported cases of diarrhoea and other gastrointestinal illnesses in Bronkhorstspruit and surrounding areas, as authorities work to establish the cause of the outbreak.
Read on https://t.co/I7CKPonjcM
#Tshwane #Bronkhorstspruit #DiarrhoeaOutbreak

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Durban woman Torell Abrahams, who went missing after leaving work and informing her father that she was travelling home in an e-hailing vehicle, has been found safe following an extensive search involving community members and MK Party ward councillor Christopher Enicker.
Read on https://t.co/SPJmt1iNDN
#TorellAbrahams #Durban #MissingPersonFound

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Police in the Eastern Cape have arrested a 37-year-old man in Gqeberha in connection with an alleged conspiracy to commit murder and murder, in a case reportedly linked to a funeral policy and the death of Lelethu Nkabi, 36.
Read on https://t.co/xMaYOsZ8is
#Gqeberha #FuneralPolicy #EasternCapePolice

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The Madlanga Commission has rejected allegations by Serge Cabonge that he knows someone within the inquiry, insisting that no commissioner qor evidence leader has ever met, spoken to or communicated with him.
Read on https://t.co/9xhtc8mTBD
#MiguelCardoso #Sundowns #CAFChampionsLeague

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The 2026 KwaZulu-Natal Investment Conference exceeded the province's expectations by securing nearly R30 billion more in investments than had been planned.
Read on https://t.co/4mQV5Vtoqz
#KZNInvestmentConference #ThamiNtuli #ParksTau

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The firing squad execution of a convicted military base shooter will not be livestreamed, US President Donald Trump announced Thursday, cancelling a contentious plan by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Read on https://t.co/AauSy7TwqL
#DonaldTrump #NidalHasan #Execution

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ANC Youth League (ANCYL) president Collen Malatji has called on older African National Congress (ANC) leaders to retire and make way for younger members, saying “Pensioners are killing the ANC every day”.
Read on https://t.co/jmWrGZI0im
#CollenMalatji #ANC #ANCYL

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Police have launched a manhunt for two awaiting-trial prisoners, Tafara Zangarai, 30, and Ndalamo Nemakhavhani, 35, who escaped from Waterval Police Station in Limpopo on Thursday morning after cutting through burglar bars.
Read on https://t.co/qBB3XUNFNS
#Limpopo #PrisonEscape #SAPS

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The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has denied claims that arrest warrants have been issued for March and March Movement leader Jacinta MaNgobese-Zuma and her husband, Xolani Zuma.
Read on https://t.co/rX9iVevtFy
#NPA #JacobZuma #SouthAfricanPolitics #news #IOL

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The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Education, Sipho Hlomuka, has expressed satisfaction with the seamless execution of the 2026 matric examinations in the province.
Read on https://t.co/mUCiSe4MH8
#SiphoHlomuka #Matric2026 #KZNEducation

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The Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court has granted a pastor’s wife bail of R10 000 after she was arrested for her alleged involvement in a theft and money-laundering scheme that defrauded the Mpumalanga Education Department of R114 million.
Read on https://t.co/4YS7C2gGFl
#Mpumalanga #Corruption #Hawks

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A non-profit organisation director has been convicted of fraud and money laundering after R700,000 in National Lottery Commission (NLC) funding intended for charitable work was used to purchase a motor vehicle for personal use, the Hawks said.
Read on https://t.co/9YVZZgSrRa
#NLC #Fraud #Hawks

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Residents in Redan, Meyerton and surrounding areas near Vereeniging have been urged to remain vigilant amid reports that an escaped lion is still on the loose.
Read on https://t.co/9WEvzAmKyU
#LionSighting #Vereeniging #Redan

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Proceedings in the murder trial of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend, celebrity chef Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, were postponed to Monday after lawyers complained that the Durban High Court courtroom was unbearably hot because its air conditioning was not working.
Read on https://t.co/gEL0i5OjWZ
#AKA #Tibz #DurbanHighCourt