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Sunday, 15 November 2026
A news-heavy Sunday led by Ramaphosa's AI delegation to Silicon Valley and warnings about festive-season express kidnappings, alongside a Leon Bridges ticket giveaway and a kitchen raid.
- 07:00
President Cyril Ramaphosa leads a week-long delegation to Silicon Valley from today, with cabinet ministers, business, and academia, focusing on AI infrastructure, data centres, and investment.
- 08:02
A crime expert warns opportunistic kidnappings may peak over the festive season. Police recorded over 2,000 kidnapping cases between April and June, and express kidnapping is not yet declared a separate crime.
- 09:00
A Lieutenant Colonel was shot and killed while leading officers responding to a business robbery in Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal, on Thursday. Police investigations are continuing, and the acting police minister commended the officers.
- 07:02
Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke says her office has deliberately been slow to adopt AI so it can be governed properly, and that how quickly it responds to cyber attacks matters most.
- 07:03
KwaZulu-Natal disaster teams are on high alert after the weather service issued a yellow level five warning for damaging winds, hail, and lightning. Residents in low-lying areas and informal settlements are urged to take extreme caution.