Today on The Midday Report, host Jane Dutton – standing in for Mandy Wiener – unpacks the major stories making headlines.

The Democratic Alliance holds a media briefing ahead of tomorrow’s High Court challenge to the government’s new race-based employment equity quotas, which the party argues threaten fair access to jobs.

Meanwhile, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is hosting the 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa, underscoring South Africa’s role in the continent’s fight against corruption.

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says South Africa could be in for a winter without loadshedding.

And in Cape Town, the City announces measures to cushion the impact of tariff hikes on properties valued between R4 million and R7 million.

All this and more.

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