In case you missed it: ConCourt returns Phala Phala report | Wits hit by data breach | Airlink passengers traced for hantavirus

EFF supporters celebrate outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg, 8 May 2026, for the Phala Phala impeachment of President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/ The Citizen News today includes the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has sent the Section 89 panel’s report on the Phala Phala scandal back to parliament, paving the way for an impeachment process against President Cyril Ramaphosa to proceed. Meanwhile, hackers have given a company that provides educational technology to Wits University until next week to give in to their ransom demand before it leaks students’ personal information.

Furthermore, hantavirus has potentially been spread further across South Africa, following a delay of eight days in following up on contact tracing of passengers and crew from an Airlink flight from St Helena to Johannesburg which carried a 69-year-old Dutch tourist who later died from the virus in a Joburg hospital. Very cold conditions are expected in parts of the Eastern Cape on Saturday, 9 May, while cool and cold weather has been forecast for most provinces.Full weather forecast here. Stay up to date withThe Citizen– More News, Your Way.

The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has sent the Section 89 panel’s report on the Phala Phala scandal back to parliament, paving the way for an impeachment process against President Cyril Ramaphosa to proceed. The ConCourt delivered its much-anticipated judgment at Constitutional Hill in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on Friday, 8 May 2026. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the African Transformation Movement (ATM) turned to the apex court after parliament declined to adopt the Section 89 independent panel’s report, which could have triggered an impeachment inquiry against the president.

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8 May marks a symbolic date in South Africa’s democratic history. Thirty years ago, on 8 May 1996, the constitution was formally adopted, paving the way for democracy. Exactly three decades later, the same date brought a major constitutional development of a different kind.

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