This morning, I joined Minister in The Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, in Kliptown for the Love Your Street service delivery programme, alongside senior government officials, NGOs, civil society organisations and local residents. Too many of our parks and open spaces have been neglected, left overgrown and poorly lit, creating environments where crime and Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) can thrive. Through this programme, we are reclaiming these spaces by cleaning up public areas and planting trees outside Kliptown Court to help create safer, cleaner and more welcoming environments for our communities. We are also raising awareness about how to report abuse and access support services. The trees planted form part of the Presidential 1 Billion Trees Campaign, contributing to a greener, more sustainable and resilient Johannesburg.

1. On 4 November 2026, in 10 days, JHB goes to the polls to elect its mayor. I have previously argued that Helen Zille is the only sensible candidate to vote for in this race. This would be a vote for the DA. The importance of this vote was underscored on a recent visit to JHB.

According to Zibi, because Helen Zille's full name is Otta Helene Zille, this disqualifies her from running as a candidate. Even the crowd he is speaking to, his own supporters, are bored by this. Folks are yawning. Undoubtedly one of the most pathetic political displays I have seen. For the record, Rise Mzansi has no candidate in Tshwane to be Mayor. Out of 4 million people they couldn't find someone. The person they had, they fired, and then carried on putting her posters up. Weak. Weak. Weak.

Austin Bautista wins for the second time this season, this time at the Fortress Invitational. 👏🏆 Well done to him and to all our partners for another successful event, can’t thank everyone enough! @Sunshine_Tour @Fortress_Fund #TheFortressInvitational #GreatnessBeginsHere

National importance 💔🇿🇦‼️ THIS IS WHAT WE AS WOMEN HAVE TO BE SUBJECTED TO!!! All because i didn't want to give him show and allow him to pass me Tries to knock me, drives infront of me like a maniac and then dead breaks multiple times while my 1 year old baby was in the car with me I then made the decision to drive much slower behind him, obviously he saw that im a woman alone he then stops on the bridge to wait for me not caring about all the other cars behind me aswell, causes traffic to threaten to kill me with my 1 year old baby in the car. I had to make a split second decision on whether to take a video or whether to call my husband and I unfortunately knew that my husband wouldn't make it quick enough to me and I had to take a video for safety instead, can you imagine a decision of a video as safety over a phonecall to a loved one. THIS HAS BECOME OUR LIVES Question is do these type of men do this when there is another man present? And we then make the time to go to the police station to open up cases and then what actually comes from it? I stay only 1,3km from the coffee shop l was driving home from, can you imagine such a short distance from home for mine and my babys life to be in danger! WE AS WOMEN ARE TIRED OF NOT FEELING SAFE ENOUGH TO SIMPLY JUST LIVE! @SAPoliceService @AthlendaM @SA_Taxis

World Rugby, 2026 New Laws: Don’t tackle high (head contact = card). Also don’t drop a knee to get low before the tackle (now explicitly a penalty under the “knee drop” guideline). Stay perfectly on your feet and hit the shrinking legal stripe between the sternum and the thighs, every time, at full speed, against a ball-carrier who can dip or jump. Player welfare, apparently, now requires defenders to levitate into the exact legal centimetre. Miss high and you’re reckless. Miss low with a knee down and you’re off your feet. The sport that used to be about physical contests is quietly turning the tackle into a precision exam with red cards at both ends of the scale.

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THE STREETS WON’T FORGET 🥹 Your Sharks legend of the day: Keegan Daniel 🦈👏 A one-club Shark, a Springbok, a captain and one of the fiercest competitors to pull on the black and white. 🫡 273 appearances. Three Currie Cup titles. And a whole lot of heart. But that 2013 Currie Cup final at Newlands? That’s Keegan Daniel 🏆🦈 Forever a Shark 👏 #SharksRugbyClub #BlackWhiteForever #CraigJamieson

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Locked in for Leinster 🦈 #SharksRugbyClub #BlackWhiteForever #HollywoodbetsSharks #Beyonce #BeyHive

Admirable and classy. Maximum respect.

Miller produces a thriller again colinbryden.substack.com/p/m…

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What's the first thing a new Chief Executive talks about with their management board? For Tadeu Marroco, it wasn't strategy. It was values. Tadeu and Kingsley go back into that room on The Smokeless Word to unpack why. Watch the full episode now.

At last someone who understands the game and the phycology of the players!!Very well analyzed 👍

Electoral Court dismisses ANC’s appeal against IEC brnw.ch/21x5IU8

69% Increase In Bookmaker Licenses Issued South Africa went from 326 licenses issued to bookmakers in FY22/23 to 551 today. Thats 225 new licenses issued. South Africa currently has 315 licensed operational bookmakers Source: National Gambling Board, Sept 2026.