HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY

Wed 26 August 2026:

Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼

◼️ Ramaphosa warns against efforts to destabilise SA: President Cyril Ramaphosa has slammed critics trying to smear the country’s image, saying regional neighbours must respect local legal processes. That was the clear message from the president during a heated Q&A session with the National Assembly on Tuesday.
Read more here:
https://www.enca.com/news/ramaphosa-warns-against-efforts-destabilise-south-africa

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◼️ Immigration police accused of abusing legal migrants: Some of South Africa’s law enforcers tasked with illegal immigration are abusing legal immigrants because they don’t understand the documentation provided, according to experts. ZimCommunitySA spokesperson Bongani Mkwananzi said there was a dangerous and persistent public misconception that every foreign national is an illegal immigrant. “South Africa has millions of foreign nationals who are lawfully present under various visas, permits, exemptions and other forms of authorisation. Nationality is not a determination of immigration status.”
Read more here:
https://www.citizen.co.za/news/immigration-police-accused-of-abusing-legal-migrants/

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◼️ Important information about Netflix: For Netflix accounts that haven’t registered a secondary location in South Africa, Netflix will detect the separate location and notify the viewer via an in-service prompt. It will give them the option to set the location as their new household or activate a second location using the mobile app sign-in method. etflix’s password sharing crackdown relies on detection technology that uses Wi-Fi connection data, IP addresses, and device IDs to identify the primary location from which a subscription is accessed.
Read more here:
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/664357-important-information-about-netflix-streaming-crackdown-in-south-africa.html

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◼️ Billions for water, but SA’s taps, pipes and sewers keep failing: The crisis is so severe that the South African government plans to impose personal criminal liability on municipal managers for the country’s escalating water crisis. An amendment to the National Water Act will enable officials to be held personally accountable for service failures and pollution. Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo said more than R156 billion in grants and subsidies had been set aside over the next three years to support water and sanitation access at the local level.
Read more here:
https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/2026-08-23-billions-for-water-but-sas-taps-pipes-and-sewers-keep-failing/

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◼️ R1.45 billion spent on temporary classrooms and toilets in SA instead of building schools: The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) acknowledged that the R1.452 billion spent on temporary facilities could have funded around eight to ten permanent schools, based on its benchmark of R175 million per new school. In some instances, a large number of mobile units have been allocated to individual schools in an attempt to turn temporary solutions into permanent substitutes.
Read more here:
https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/871819/r1-45-billion-spent-on-temporary-classrooms-and-toilets-in-south-africa-instead-of-building-schools/

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