RC 261101Kaya 959Thomas Msengana
Sunday, 1 November 2026
Weekend episode dominated by the Soweto Derby, South Africa's Test rise to world number one, and final campaign rallies ahead of the 4 November local government elections.
- 06:00
Two people have been arrested after a farm robbery in Potchefstroom in North West, where a 50-year-old farmer was shot and police have opened house robbery and attempted murder cases.
- 08:03
The Ebola death toll in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has surpassed 5,000, making it the country's largest and deadliest outbreak on record.
- 06:02
DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis, at the party's final national rally in Mamelodi, asked South Africans to give the DA control of all the country's metros in the 4 November polls.
- 06:31
Orlando Pirates beat Kaizer Chiefs 2-1 in the Soweto Derby at FNB Stadium, with the winner in the 55th minute sending Pirates briefly back to the top of the Premiership.
- 06:32
Australia were bowled out for 111 chasing 288, with Simon Harmer taking six wickets for 16, lifting South Africa to the top of the Test rankings for the first time since January 2016.