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Saturday, 14 November 2026
Road deaths dominated the Saturday bulletins, with a six-fatality Eastern Cape crash leading, alongside a Joburg power outage and a World Diabetes Day health appeal.
- 11:59
Six people died in a crash on the N2 in the Eastern Cape involving a minibus and a Mercedes-Benz truck. The group is believed to be university students travelling home.
- 09:59
Three people died and eleven were seriously injured when a minibus taxi overturned on the N124 near Engen garage, travelling from Gauteng to Limpopo. Transport officials urged operators to check tyres.
- 11:02
The IEC confirmed a local government candidate is barred from serving as a councillor for five years. She allegedly impersonated an IEC official to access election material in Ngobo, Eastern Cape.
- 09:01
City Power restored power to the SABC, Netcare Garden City Hospital and Mayfair West homes after overnight repairs. A network overload caused a fresh outage, so supply is returning in phases.
- 09:01
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi urged South Africans to get tested for diabetes early on World Diabetes Day. Up to two-thirds of people with diabetes in South Africa are estimated to be undiagnosed.