News today includes as President Cyril Ramaphosa has emerged victorious after his interdict application to halt parliament’s impeachment process relating to the Phala Phala scandal was successful. Meanwhile, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) is under fire, with experts describing it as flawed, mismanaged and in urgent need of restructuring. Furthermore, Rocking the Daisies, one of South Africa’s longest-running music and lifestyle festivals, will not take place in 2026.
Organisers confirmed the cancellation on Friday, citing challenges that proved impossible to overcome. Weather tomorrow: 24 July, 2026 The South African Weather Service (Saws) has warned of extremely high fire danger over the Richtersveld and Nama Khoi municipalities, with morning frost in the Mpumalanga Highveld, Limpopo fog, the Western Cape cold to cool, the Eastern Cape frost, and northern KwaZulu-Natal with showers. Stay up to date with The Citizen – More News, Your Way.
‘It’s a spit on the face of our people’: Parties slam Phala Phala ruling as ANC defends Ramaphosa ANC members picket outside Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on 5 December 2022. Picture: Gallo Images/Fani Mahuntsi Political parties have sharply differed in their reactions after parliament’s impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala scandal was temporarily halted. The Western Cape High Court in Cape Town on Friday, 24 July 2026, granted an interim interdict preventing National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza and impeachment committee chairperson Makashule Gana from continuing with the process.
The decision remains in place pending the outcome of Ramaphosa’s review application against the Section 89 independent panel report. CONTINUE READING: ‘It’s a spit on the face of our people’: Parties slam Phala Phala ruling as ANC defends Ramaphosa Suliman Carrim leaves medical facility every day, Madlanga commission hears Businessman Suliman Carrim at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria on 6 February 2026. Picture: Gallo Images / Frennie Shivambu Geolocation data has shown that businessman Suliman Carrim has spent more time outside a medical institution than in it, despite his reported ill health.
This was revealed by evidence leader Adila Hassim before the Madlanga commission at the Brigitte Mabandla Justice College in Pretoria on Friday, 24 July…
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