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Corrections log
29 to 30 September 2026. During an editorial review, these stories were corrected against their sources:
- Petrol price could top R30 a litre next week: the September petrol increase is 129 cents a litre (the story gave R1.34), and the repo rate rise took effect on 25 September (the story said 23 September).
- SARB Governor Kganyago says inflation to hit 3% target by end of 2027: energy prices are being pushed up by the wars in Ukraine and Iran (the story said the Middle East generally), and the 67-month figure is the interval since US inflation was last at target.
- Medshield rolls out 2027 benefits: the weighted average contribution increase is 7.9%; the 6% to 7% band applies to a smaller group of members, so others pay more than the average.
- Energy expert Andy Calitz urges South Africans to demand 8,760 hours of power each year: removed statements about his role and career that the sources did not support.
- Private schools must follow fair process before excluding learners over unpaid fees: the story described a recent Constitutional Court case about two learners whose parents could not pay. The Constitutional Court judgment it rests on (AB v Pridwin Preparatory School, 17 June 2020) was not about unpaid fees; it requires fair procedure and regard for the child before a private school ends a contract. The headline and text now say so.
- South Africa should regulate AI using existing laws, argues Venture Labs co-founder: the argument is one commentator’s, Dirk de Vos, and not that of tech experts in general. He co-founded a company developing evidence tools for AI actions, which the story now discloses. An invented four-layer compliance framework was removed.
- Walmart outperforms former Game store at East Point Shopping Centre: the headline said the result boosted the landlord’s earnings. The 28.7% figure compares a single store over four months, and the landlord’s reported half-year income of about R587 million (not R580 million) covers its whole portfolio, so no link is drawn.
- Housebreaking stays top crime while assault cases climb in South Africa: the figures come from Statistics South Africa’s Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey 2025/26 (about 1.5 million housebreaking incidents, 408,000 people assaulted, a rise Stats SA says is not statistically significant), not from a police quarterly report as the story said.
- Several other stories had unsupported background, speculation and invented illustrative scenes removed, and now stick to what their sources report.