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Saturday, 14 November 2026
Saturday's Weekend View was dominated by election fallout, from a record number of IEC objections to the Siyancuma Ward 3 re-vote, alongside a Springboks loss to France and a diabetes spotlight.
- 06:02
The IEC received 1,708 objections to the recent local government elections, with material objections rising from 214 in 2021 to 433, including alleged accounting irregularities and capturing mistakes.
- 06:56
The Siyancuma Independent Forum stays on the ballot for the Ward 3 re-vote in the Northern Cape unless the Electoral Court rules otherwise, after 100 ballot papers were destroyed and 11 people were arrested.
- 06:15
France beat the Springboks 21-19 at Stade de France after leading 21-7 at half-time, and South Africa's second-half fightback was not enough to close the gap.
- 06:12
Bafana Bafana drew 2-2 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at Orlando Stadium, and an SABC sports journalist said the team missed easy chances that could have produced several goals.
- 06:46
Diabetes is now South Africa's biggest killer, ahead of TB and HIV, and health advocates on World Diabetes Day are calling for prevention to become a national priority.