RC 261113947Nick Explicit
Friday, 13 November 2026
Friday's Daybreak was dominated by the ANC's fallout from its worst electoral result since 1994, a global Microsoft Outlook outage, and the artificial heart brain teaser.
- 05:31
The ANC's National Executive Committee met in Boksburg to set terms of reference for its coalition negotiations team, after its worst electoral performance since 1994. Power-sharing talks are gaining momentum.
- 05:31
President Ramaphosa's office says his trip to the US next week is strictly about artificial intelligence, and has nothing to do with the country's strained relationship with Washington.
- 05:32
A Microsoft outage hit Outlook globally, knocking out its products in 74 countries and territories, including Teams and Copilot. Microsoft attributes it to elevated load on its infrastructure.
- 05:29
The brain teaser answer was the artificial heart, patented in 1979 by Robert Jarvik; the FDA halted its use around 1990 over complications like strokes and infections.