Friday, 11 September 2026

The IEC told the Electoral Court the ANC missed the candidate-submission deadline, leaving it without lists in six municipalities and blaming its own last-minute failure on the system.

Filmmaker Diana Keem’s eight-year documentary, Don’t Be Late for My Funeral, about domestic worker Margaret McLala opens next Wednesday at Labia Theatre, followed by a facilitated conversation.

Author Anna Marie van Niekerk linked South Africa’s present violence to apartheid’s legacy, poverty and inequality while reflecting on guilt, domestic violence and her memoir Under a Blood Red Sky.

Physiotherapist Tony Lindmunger warned that weight loss through GLP-1 medication or dieting can reduce muscle, recommending gradual strength training, tailored exercise and monitoring through body-composition scans.

Weekend highlights included the 21,000-participant Gun Run, the Cape Town Derby at Athlone Stadium, Stanford’s flower show and theatre productions ranging from AI satire to Morphe.