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Sunday, 15 November 2026
Eastern Cape road carnage, a pension-fund warning and a Goodwood drug bust led the morning, alongside a sober look at protein hype and ageing dogs.
- 06:00
Thirteen people died in two separate Eastern Cape crashes within 24 hours; the transport department blames irresponsible and drunken driving, with fatigue also reportedly a factor, and says the crashes could have been avoided.
- 07:11
Pension funds of more than 200,000 metal workers could be affected by a plan to invest R10 billion in a new company, Metal Bridge, which the Financial Sector Conduct Authority has raised serious concerns about.
- 08:00
President Cyril Ramaphosa leads a high-level delegation to Silicon Valley from today, a week-long visit focused on AI infrastructure, data centres, computing capacity and building local tech expertise and partnerships.
- 06:02
Police arrested a 57-year-old foreign national and a 30-year-old woman in Goodwood, Cape Town, after finding about 1.6 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside a couch during a pre-dawn raid on a house.
- 08:03
Over 24,000 divorces were recorded in 2024, up from about 22,200 the year before, prompting the Social Development Department to hold a couples seminar in Howick for National Marriage Week.