Overview
- President Cyril Ramaphosa said he is not worried about a U.S. invasion of South Africa and reaffirmed a diplomacy-first “Madiba doctrine.”
- The Department of International Relations and Cooperation called the U.S. action in Venezuela a manifest violation of the U.N. Charter’s prohibition on the use of force.
- Reports described a U.S. military operation that seized Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife after airstrikes in Caracas.
- A parliamentary ad hoc committee probing claims by KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi descended into disorder over calls to summon members of the judiciary.
- The High Court in Pretoria set aside an R898 million driver’s-licence machine tender to Idemia as unlawful, and Ramaphosa appointed Andy Mothibi as NDPP effective 1 February 2026.