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Saturday, 8 August 2026
A music-heavy afternoon show was repeatedly interrupted by news on election campaigning, a deadly police ambush, a fatal road crash and the incoming cold front.
- 14:01
Government condemned the killing of two police officers and two women in a suspected ambush in Reiger Park, and said the bereaved families would be visited while police hunt the perpetrators.
- 14:04
The DA launched its local government manifesto in Johannesburg, with John Steenhuisen urging people to vote on 4 November and promising to ring-fence revenue for water and electricity where the party governs.
- 15:02
Action SA said it will target key metros and try to make coalition maths difficult for rival parties, with Herman Mashaba naming Ethekwini, KwaDukuza and Newcastle as priority municipalities.
- 15:05
A head-on crash on the M4 in Gqeberha killed four people and left four others seriously injured after a hatchback crossed the centre median and hit an oncoming minibus taxi.
- 14:06
The South African Weather Service warned of a cold front from tomorrow, bringing very cold, wet and windy conditions, snow in parts of the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga, and possible flooding and travel disruption.