In case you missed it: Court backs CR on impeachment | Nsfas is a complete mess | Rocking the Daisies 2026 cancelled

Judges Matthew Francis, André le Grange and Diane Davis at the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town on 15 July 2026. Picture: Gallo Images/ER Lombard 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. 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.Full weather forecast here.

Stay up to date withThe Citizen– More News, Your Way. 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 interdictpreventing National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza and impeachment committee chairperson Makashule Gana from continuing with the process.

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The decision remains in place pending the outcome ofRamaphosa’s review applicationagainst the Section 89 independent panel report. 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 2026.

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