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Patriotic Alliance (PA) Cape Town mayoral candidate Cheslyn Daniels (also referred to as Cheslyn Steenberg in earlier reporting) and a woman identified as his current wife, Devenay Rayners, were arrested following an alleged domestic dispute. 0 (0)

Key details of the incident The incident occurred on Saturday, 9 August 2026 (Women’s Day…

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Meta released Muse Glimmer, a new open-weight (openly downloadable and customizable) AI model on August 10, 2026, while CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a lengthy essay championing broader distribution of AI capabilities over concentration in a few hands, and called for U.S. policy changes to help American open-weight models compete with Chinese rivals. 5 (1)

Photo credit The Model: Muse Glimmer Muse Glimmer is a roughly 30-billion-parameter (about 29.6B including…

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Premier Foods has proposed the controlled closure of its Fruit Products Western Cape (FPWC) fruit canning/processing facility in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa, and has begun a Section 189 consultation process with affected employees and representatives. 0 (0)

This follows its acquisition and delisting of Rhodes Food Group (RFG) Holdings earlier in 2026…

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Nqobile Malangeni, a pregnant South African woman, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on July 31, 2026 (some reports say July 30), at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. 0 (0)

She was preparing to board a JetBlue flight back to Connecticut, where she lives with…

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Capricorn (also known as the Glass House, Spookhuis, or Round House) 0 (0)

Capricorn (also known as the Glass House, Spookhuis, or Round House) is a distinctive mansion…

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The retained facade of the old Fields Hill Hotel (opened 1922 by Luther Field), now part of the Fields Hill / Fields Shopping Centre at the top of the hill in the Kloof area, is the most clearly documented historic structure directly associated with Fields Hill. 0 (0)

Fields Hill is the steep section of the M13 (King Cetshwayo Highway) linking Pinetown with…

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A small boat (often described as a “mega-dinghy”) carrying a record 230 people crossed the English Channel and arrived in the UK, marking the highest number recorded on a single vessel. 0 (0)

This broke the previous single-vessel record of 165 people set in July 2026 (itself up…

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Museveni renews push for East African political federation 0 (0)

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has renewed his long-standing advocacy for deeper East African political integration,…

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Tehran seeks ‘to create grounds’ for talks with US 0 (0)

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi clarified that Iran is not currently holding direct negotiations…

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Expert Insights: Climate scientist Daniel Swain (UCLA) notes that while El Niño doesn’t guarantee a…

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proposed closure of Premier Foods’ fruit processing facility in Tulbagh, Western Cape 0 (0)

Livelihoods & Economic Impact The proposed shutdown of the facility poses significant risks to the…

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Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema is facing criminal prosecution for crimen injuria after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) accepted representations from AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit. 0 (0)

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New commemorative R2 (and R5) coins became legal tender in South Africa on 16 June 2026 (Youth Day). 0 (0)

These are special-edition circulation coins issued by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) under the…

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Jika Joe has experienced repeated large-scale fires for years due to dense informal housing, illegal electrical connections, open flames (candles, braziers), and limited firebreaks or access for emergency services. 0 (0)

Earlier incidents at Jika Joe (2020, 2019, 2025 and others) followed similar patterns: rapid spread…

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Three suspects linked to a cash-in-transit (CIT) heist and other violent crimes in KwaZulu-Natal were fatally shot by police in a shootout in the Mambulu area of Kranskop in the early hours of Saturday, 8 August 2026 0 (0)

Police, acting on intelligence (or a tip-off), approached a residence where the suspects were located.…

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Motorists on South Africa’s N3 Toll Route (the 415 km corridor linking Heidelberg in Gauteng with Cedara in KwaZulu-Natal) have been warned to prepare for heavy traffic, ongoing roadworks with lane restrictions, and rapidly deteriorating winter weather—including snow—over the Women’s Day long weekend (around 8–10 August 2026). 0 (0)

Women’s Day falls on Sunday 9 August 2026, with the public holiday observed on Monday…

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A series of child disappearances and murders in Kokstad’s Marikana informal settlement (KwaZulu-Natal) has intensified community anger and eroded trust in the South African Police Service (SAPS) and local government, according to comments from a local ward councillor. 0 (0)

The latest case involves seven-year-old Ndalo Jona (also referred to as Jona Ndalo). He went…

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The Durban Metro Police Service has become aware of fraudulent SMS messages containing a fake AARTO website link 0 (0)

Recipients receive an SMS containing a link that appears related to AARTO (Administrative Adjudication of…

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