RC 261113702Mandy Wiener
Friday, 13 November 2026
Friday's Midday Report was dominated by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's resignation and a global Microsoft outage, with coalition talks and Johannesburg's pool closures also in focus.
- 12:41
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has stepped down after reports of extramarital affairs, one linked to a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy, prompting a sharp fall in the share price.
- 12:01
Hawks official Puti Mashala told the Madlanga Commission that he and a colleague were offered a R250,000 bribe to make a R1.5 million theft case disappear.
- 12:24
A Microsoft outage stretching into its second day has left banks, law firms, airlines and hospitals struggling, with Outlook, Word and OneDrive among the affected services.
- 12:11
The ANC NEC is not taking a blanket approach to coalitions, with the DA an option of last resort, and will decide council by council, according to Business Day sources.
- 12:46
Johannesburg has shut its public pools after failing to buy chlorine, even in Blairgowrie, where residents bought their own chemicals and the pool is now clean.