We take you back to failed water promises of the past and question the ones recently made in the State of the Nation Address.

South Africa’s private security industry promises work — a way out of unemployment for thousands of young people trying to support their families. That’s the hope Joe Mbambo sold through MJM Security College in Tembisa. But students who spent the little money they had, now find themselves with worthless certificates.

Gareth Edwards and Aakash Bramdeo unpack the Iran-Israel-US conflict, the regime change question, and why South Africans should watch oil, the rand and inflation.

Suspended organised crime head Richard Shibiri appears before the Madlanga Commission, insisting there was no institutional capture, only individuals who were compromised, as he faces allegations linked to the Armand Swart murder probe and claims around an R80,000 gift.