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An editorial cartoon connecting South Africa's 10-year driving licences, the Madlanga Commission hearings into alleged KwaZulu-Natal police task-team corruption, and a mortuary discovered inside a Tshwane spaza shop.
Cartoon of the day · August 12, 2026

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Ten years on the road.
Trouble at every turn.

Longer-lasting licences offer one bright turn as the Madlanga Commission examines alleged police corruption and Tshwane confronts a grim discovery behind a spaza-shop door.

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