By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
South Africa’s Gauteng Human Settlements Department spent 97% of its budget in 2025-2026, while missing 31% of its performance targets. Delays to housing projects and thousands of outstanding title deeds remain concerning, according to IOL.
South Africa’s Home Affairs department is rolling out a digital system allowing asylum seekers to register their intention to seek asylum online. The system is intended to reduce processing delays and clear outstanding appeals, according to IOL.
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Two observer groups judged South Africa’s 2026 local elections free and fair, while noting late openings of polling stations and staff-training problems. Allegations concerning election material and electoral officials also remain unresolved, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal, according to IOL.
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Identity documents, banking data and other sensitive information belonging to South Africans are being offered or circulated on underground networks. Thousands of breach notifications have been sent to South Africa’s information regulator, according to an investigation published by IOL.
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The South African Communist Party (SACP), which contested the 2026 local elections alone after 32 years of electoral alliance with the ANC, won 271 seats and 2.38% of the vote. The breakthrough strengthens its calls to overhaul the alliance with the ANC and Cosatu, without an automatic coalition agreement, according to IOL.
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Two taxi drivers shot dead in KhayelitshaTwo taxi drivers were shot dead in separate incidents in Khayelitsha, South Africa, while three passengers and a driver’s wife were injured. Commuters fear for their safety amid the conflict between CATA and CODETA organisations, according to IOL.
Zimbabwe prepares $330 million lithium processing plantZimbabwe is preparing to build a lithium processing plant in Sandawana, at a cost of up to $330 million. The project is to process three million tonnes of ore a year and involves Chinese investors, according to Expansão, citing New Zimbabwe.The week in Africa
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