RC 261113Cape TalkPippa Hudson
Friday, 13 November 2026
Pippa Hudson's Friday lunch show was dominated by a global Microsoft Outlook outage that cut email at Primedia, while a planned Karen Zoid interview was lost to Zoom trouble.
- 13:01
Microsoft attributes the Outlook outage to elevated load on its infrastructure. It has affected 74 countries and territories, and Teams and the Copilot AI assistant are also down.
- 13:33
Hawks official Puti Mashala told the Madlanga Commission that he and a colleague were offered a 250,000 rand bribe to make a 1.5 million rand theft case disappear.
- 13:03
A 17-year-old was arrested in Cape Town after allegedly admitting involvement in a Scottsdene shooting. He led officers to a hidden pistol and three live rounds.
- 13:04
Four of five suspects arrested over the attack on farmer Donovan Marks are due in court for a formal bail application. They face six charges, including attempted murder.
- 13:18
Parties must remove election posters by Wednesday 18 November. Residents who spot leftover cable ties can report them by email to the deputy municipal electoral officer.