AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoElection Security: With local polls set for 4 November, the IEC is using a protest-monitoring tool to track unrest and election-related violence. Army deployments in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal come amid anti-migrant attacks. Migration Tensions: Home Affairs has withdrawn its asylum directive after protests turned violent and says it will develop a new approach to comply with the Constitutional Court ruling. South Africa’s acting consul-general in Lagos says 364 people have been arrested over attacks on migrants. Accountability: Two former Home Affairs officials accused of helping sell South African passports for up to R100,000 each have been granted bail. Separately, #UniteBehind has given the NPA a dossier on alleged corruption in the R3.9-billion PRASA-Swifambo locomotive deal, saying the investigation has stalled for years. International Justice: Nobel laureate Navi Pillay has condemned US sanctions against the ICC and urged Washington to resume defending human rights. Land Policy: President Cyril Ramaphosa says 2.5 million hectares of state land will be released to black farmers, renewing debate over land reform and support for beneficiaries.
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