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• News24 | 10 people killed in multi-vehicle crash on N8 highway as wet weather grips Free State

  A devastating collision between an Interstate bus and a truck on the N8 highway near Bloemfontein has claimed 10 lives, with dozens more suffering injuries, during wet weather conditions on Saturday morning.

• News24 | Palestinian who fled Gaza on plane that landed in SA says Israel helped facilitate transfer

  A resident of the Gaza Strip, who is one of 153 Palestinians that landed in South Africa without the correct paperwork this week, says the group did not know where they would end up when they left Israel.

• News24 | Cape Winelands fires contained after week-long battle

  Firefighters have successfully contained blazes in the Cape Winelands’ Montagu and Ashton areas after more than a week of intensive operations. One active line remains in De Doorns where suppression continues.

• News24 | N2 reopens as probe into KZN crash that claimed family of 5 continues

  The N2 near Umzumbe River Bridge in KZN has reopened following Friday’s fatal crash that killed five family members, including three children aged between three and five.

• News24 | Getting Outdoors: Stony Point, one of only two land-based African penguin colonies in SA

  For this week’s Pick of the Pack, Riaan Manser visited Stony Point in the Western Cape: one of only two land-based African penguin colonies in South Africa.

• News24 | Des van Rooyen: Weekend special. ‘Gupta minister’. And now, leader of the opposition

  MK Party MP Des van Rooyen has been appointed as the official opposition’s parliamentary caucus leader, replacing John Hlophe, who was suspended for promoting none other than Van Rooyen to chief whip without party leader Jacob Zuma’s approval.

• News24 | Saturday’s weather: Severe thunderstorms, heavy rain in most parts, with hail in KZN

  The South African Weather Service has warned of severe thunderstorms and heavy rain in most parts of the country – this will be accompanied by hail and damaging winds in KwaZulu-Natal.

• News24 | Meet the 10 graduates heading to Oxford as Rhodes Scholars next year

  Nine graduates from South Africa and one from Botswana have been chosen as the region’s next cohort of Rhodes Scholars, and will fly to Oxford in the UK to begin a brand new chapter next year.

• News24 | Former DA KZN leader Roger Burrows dies

  Former DA KwaZulu-Natal leader Roger Burrows died following a lengthy illness, DA leader John Steenhuisen announced on Friday.

• News24 | UPDATE | Lesufi survives: DA’s motion of no confidence crashes in Gauteng legislature

  Most parties in the Gauteng legislature rejected the DA’s attempt to unseat Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi during a chaotic Friday sitting.

• News24 | Coffin assault video that shocked SA resurfaces in false claims about Sudan crisis

  A years-old video from Mpumalanga’s notorious coffin-assault case is circulating again on Facebook and X, this time misrepresented as footage from Sudan’s ongoing conflict.

• News24 | Severe weekend weather warnings issued for multiple provinces

  KwaZulu-Natal authorities and disaster management teams are on high alert after the SA Weather Service (SAWS) issued a severe weather warning for the province and other provinces.

• News24 | Over 150 Palestinian refugees denied entry and stranded at OR Tambo airport

  A humanitarian crisis is unfolding at OR Tambo International Airport, where more than 150 Palestinian refugees reportedly seeking asylum in South Africa have been denied entry and left stranded on an aircraft.

• News24 | OPINION | Hey, Parliament, our kids are getting addicted to vapes. Let’s put an end to it

  While we’ve been arguing about the merits of electronic cigarettes as “safer” alternatives to tobacco and the fantastical need for a multitude of vape flavours, our children are getting addicted. Pulmonologist Richard van Zyl-Smit says it’s time to put an end to the discussions and make laws that protect them.

• News24 | PODCAST | The Lead: Lawless lawmen? Inside the AmaPanyaza saga, with Khaya Koko

  Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24’s definitive podcast for in-depth reporting. This is The Lead and this is the South African story.

• News24 | US-SA differences don’t stop the sun from rising, says Ntshavheni on G20 boycott

  Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the absence of the US from the upcoming G20 Leaders Summit does not diminish the work that South Africa has put into the meeting.

• News24 | Chinese president won’t attend G20 in SA, sends premier instead

  Chinese President Xi Jinping will not be attending the upcoming G20 Leaders’ Summit set to take place at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on 22 and 23 November.

• News24 | Chief Justice’s office makes Open Secrets ‘gag order’ public

  A “gagging” court order against Open Secrets – under which the organisation claimed it could not reveal any details of the dispute or even which judge or which court heard the application – has now been made public by the Office of the Chief Justice.

• News24 | Eastern Cape bus shooting leaves woman dead, two injured

  A woman was killed when the bus she was travelling in was shot at on the R61 between Ngcobo and Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday afternoon.

• News24 | Open Secrets to face armoured vehicle company in court

  Open Secrets is set to appear in the Western Cape High Court on 27 November in a case brought by Integrated Convoy Protection, a South African armoured vehicle manufacturer.