Gauteng Records Nearly 500,000 Grade 1 and 8 ApplicationsAlmost half a million applications have been submitted for Grade 1 and Grade 8 places in Gauteng for the 2027 academic year since the online application system opened, reports EWN. The Gauteng Department of Education has said that improvements have been made to streamline the process. Fadiel Adams Unlikely to Testify at Madlanga CommissionNational Coloured Congress leader Fadiel Adams is unlikely to testify before the Madlanga Commission, reports EWN. Adams was expected to testify about his involvement in an Investigating Directorate Against Corruption probe into alleged corruption within Crime Intelligence. In 2024, he asked IDAC to investigate claims that the Political Killings Task Team had misused secret service funds for luxury accommodation and vehicles.