Local Governance & Accountability: Limpopo’s crackdown has led to arrests of senior officials, but the DA says convictions are scarce—raising fresh questions about whether cases are being properly prosecuted. Infrastructure & Service Delivery: A new report highlights how municipal failure is dragging down local economies, with weak consequence management and ballooning irregular spending worsening water, roads and governance. Digital Government: Home Affairs has unveiled South Africa’s first working smartphone-based digital ID prototype, with plans to stop printing green ID books soon. State-Owned Enterprises: The Presidency has withdrawn a bill to create a central State Asset Management SOC (Samsoc), after criticism it wouldn’t fix financial and organisational problems at major SOEs. AI Policy: Communications and digital technologies gets a second chance on an AI white paper after the previous draft was found to be AI-generated with hallucinated citations. Public Finance & Risk: Sasria is nearing its R30bn reserve target after 2021 unrest, with Treasury citing profits and reserves that protect the fiscus. Elections 2026 Civic Push: Kagiso Trust launched a comic-style playbook to help citizens tackle potholes, water and waste issues ahead of local government elections. International & Diplomacy: South Africa’s leaders condemned “Kill the Boer” rhetoric in Washington while disputing how it’s treated at home.