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Political parties are laying down their conditions as negotiations to form a new administration in eThekwini get underway. The MK Party emerged as the biggest party, but will need support from other formations to secure a council majority. While the IFP says it is prepared to sit in opposition rather than enter an unstable coalition, the DA has ruled out working with the MK Party and EFF. Gcinokuhle Malinga reports.

Mangaung Municipal bylaws require political parties to remove election campaign material from public spaces after elections. In the Free State, political parties have 14 days to take down their posters and banners, failing which they could face fines. Municipalities can remove the posters of political parties used for campaigning for elections if the political parties fail to do so within the given time frame. Lebohang Motshweneng reports…

Delegates attending the CRL Commission's Section 22 Ad Hoc Committee for the Christian Sector's public hearings on church self-regulation and accountability that is underway in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, have voiced their concerns on the engagements. Tensions were high as the religious leaders disrupted speakers, leading to the session being halted. Some of the delegates who disrupted the session say the engagements were not transparent. Motsebi wa Monareng reports .....

The minister of Correctional Services, Doctor Pieter Groenewald, and members of Parliament's portfolio committee are at loggerheads over the legal status of the full absorption of former G4S staffers into the Grootvlei Maximum Correctional facility in Mangaung. The department took over the facility in July this year. The 25 year old contract of the Public Private Partnership came to an end after the daring escape of an inmate, Thabo Bester. Former G4S staffers have taken the department to court for not absorbing all staff. A Labour court ruling in May ruled that the department should take on board the former employees, but the department says it plans to appeal this to the highest court because of the far reaching consequences. The department - including Groenewald - was not aware that their application for leave to appeal has been dismissed earlier today. Zalene Merrington reports...

Members of Parliament have expressed concern and dissatisfaction over Transnet's perfomance and financial status, following the entity's 2025/2026 audit report. They also accused Transnet of trying to downplay its failures. The entity reported a profit of 4.6 billion rand after a once-off transaction of 12.5 billon rands, following a 49 percent sale of its shares at the Durban Gateway Terminal, cushioning what would be an eight billion loss. Yamkela Mtshiyo reports....