The South African weather service has warned that there is a yellow level 2 warning and relatively low rainfall around JHB, Mpumalanga, southern parts of Limpopo and KZN. However, a yellow level 4 has been issued for the KZN coastline, with possible flooding in that area.

Nkosazane Makate has been in a decade-long battle with Vocacom over his 'Please call me' service that he came up with while working there as an accountant. He is asking for 5% of the revenue earned from the service, but Vodacom would rather pay him a lump sum of 47 Million rands. He has declined this offer as he felt it unfair, and the high courts agreed with him, but Vocacom has appealed the ruling, and he is now hoping that the ruling will be held up by the courts.

Police have dug up 58 bodies in a field in Kenya. These people died after their pastor Paul McKenzie told them that in order to experience God they must not eat. They, unfortunately, died from starvation. Paul was arrested but was soon released.

The president of South Africa and the president of Finland met to strengthen relations between the two countries. One of the decisions that came from the meeting is that South Africa should pull out of the ICC. After much discussion, a peace mediation agreement was signed. The important work that they have started will continue.