SAPS National Spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe says the political task team dockets will be submitted to the Madlanga Commission. Acting Police Minister, Professor Firoz Cachalia, and National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, agreed to submit the 121 dockets to the commission tasked with investigating criminality, political interference, and corruption in the criminal justice system. Mathe says the national police commissioner has always been opposed to the disbandment of the political killings task team and has commended its work. ANC Limpopo Spokesperson, Jimmy Machaka has noted the decision by his party's provincial chairperson, Stanley Mathabatha to step aside. Mathabatha cited unethical behavior in the processes followed at the Vhembe and Waterberg Regional Conferences. Machaka says a task team was established to investigate the veracity of the allegations raised at the regional conferences. Machaka says the values of the ANC in Limpopo remain intact. The Director General at the Department of Social Development, Peter Netshipale, says the media reports surrounding a New York trip are out of context. Netshipale says the trip formed part of a bigger government delegation, and seven officials were sent by his department at a cost of R3 million. He says that about R600 000 was spent on the DDG alone. Netshipale has further denied that the suspension of the Department's Chief Director of Communications, Lumka Oliphant, was linked to the leaking of the information about the trip.

Policing and crime analyst, Dr. Chris de Kock, has welcomed the announcement to return over 100 case dockets to the SAPS political killings task team in Kwa-Zulu Natal. De Kock has expressed concern about the safety and integrity of the dockets while in transit. The dockets were allegedly taken under the instruction of the Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya and are in the process of being returned to the province. Minister Siviwe Gwarube says the National Education and Training Council will not duplicate the work of government but complement it. Gwarube says the council will focus on four priority areas, including reviewing the current school resourcing system. On the outstanding BELA regulations, Gwarube says there are no delays in implementation, and the remaining regulations will soon be released. Former SAT board member, Maija de Rijk-Uy,s has denied that the now dissolved board met on the 1st of August. De Rijk-Uys insists that Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille relied on factually inaccurate information to dissolve it. De Lille dissolved the board, alleging that it acted unlawfully.

Former President Kgalema Motlanthe says the US tariffs are not isolated to South Africa as many other countries have been affected. On cadre deployment, Motlanthe says the abuse and misuse of cadre deployment has led to the destruction and hollowing out of Public Service department. Motlanthe says SA has general lawlessness and people get away with it. On the ANC's renewal agenda, he says it must be tested practically beyond sloganeering. Motlanthe says he will vote for the ANC. Minister of International Relations and Cooperations says government still needs to act in the interest of South Africans and to not display egos when negotiating with the US. He says the loss of jobs from the tariff announcement could have been worse if it wasn't for South Africa's diversified economy.

Former SA Ambassador to the United States Ebrahim Rasool says SA is dealing with the US Geo-politics of supremacy. Rasool says there is deliberate efforts to mute SA's voice in the USA. 'SA needs to leverage its Geo-political strengths.' ANC national Spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri says the developments in the USA are a threat to SA's national sovereignty. Says South Africa is not in a position to engage in a tit-for-tat with the US but should rather look at a bigger geo-political environment. KwaZulu-Natal premier Thamsanqa Ntuli says he will take appropriate action as soon as he receives reports on the matter to determine any wrongdoing. Former politician Roelf Meyer SA cannot afford to ignore the USA but says most Americans love South Africa as opposed to the minority. Government should keep engaging with the US to find a solution.

Spokesperson for the Department of Health, Foster Mohale, says the department is encouraging people to raise issues with illegal immigration through proper channels. He says the Department of Health cannot discriminate when it comes to access to health, according to the laws of South Africa. Operation Dudula President Zandile Dabula says illegal foreigners should only be treated for emergencies and deported afterwards. Operation Dudula says illegal immigrants are burdening scarce resources that should serve poor South Africans. Spokesperson for the family of 13-year-old Pretty Mahlangu, who was killed during a coming-of-age ceremony, Mzwandile Soyaya Mahlangu, says the family wants justice for the young girl. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says Gauteng province will cooperate with the commission of inquiry into police corruption and provide any information at their disposal.

Deputy National Commissioner General Sibiya says his work speaks for itself. Sibiya apologises to the people of SA for "how the top SAPS management has behaved" New acting Minister of Police Firoz Cachalia says he feels honoured and daunted by the new responsibility. He says he will try to 'have a good understanding' of why the SAPS political killing task force was dismantled. He is planning to build trust with the SAPS and to make sure that he exercises political and democratic responsibility. Police should not behave like politicians and become factionalised. Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago says the imposition of tariffs on SA by the US will have a dire impact on the agricultural sector, particularly the farming communities. Says SA would love to have further engagement with the US, and he says retaliatory tariffs are not an ideal situation. SYNOPSIS: DA spokesperson on International relations and cooperation Emma Powell says the DA President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to take the country into confidence and inform how they're going to deal with the impasse around Mncebisi Jonas' appointment as US envoy.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that he will brief thenation on Sunday about what he will do, following allegations by the KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi that senior police officers and the minister of police are captured by criminals.Parliament has given three portfolio committees tasked with investigating Mkhwanazi's allegations against Police Minister Senzo Mchunu 14 days in which to conclude their work. The Lesotho government has declared a national state of disaster in response to soaring unemployment, mass job losses and trade uncertainty with the United States. 

KZN provincial commissioner general Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has made allegations against some top brass in the SAPS, including the minister of police. General Mkhwanazi accuses the minister of being in cahoots with criminals and protecting them. He claims they bankroll his political aspiration. U.S. President Donald Trump has posted a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa on Truth Social informing him that starting August 1st, South Africa would be charged a tariff of 30% on any and all products sent into the United States. MK Party has confirmed that they have removed Mary Phadi from the Party and Mpumalanga legislature. Phadi was removed from her position after allegations that she misappropriated party funds.