Seidler was too strong for his competitors as he finished almost two minutes ahead of his nearest rivals while grey conditions dominated the skies above the venue at Summerstrand Surf Lifesaving Club.

People who have been infected with the coronavirus variant responsible for 98% of SA’s Covid-19 cases have antibodies that fend off all variants.

Space and sea explorer Richard Garriott is the first person in the world to have explored the North Pole, the South Pole, flown to the International Space Station and descended to the deepest point on Earth — the Mariana Trench.

The Klein Karoo is an unlikely setting for an outbreak of anarchy, but events in a tiny municipality forced the Cape Town high court to issue an urgent interdict against councillors and officials on Friday.

A data verification process has been cited as the reason for more than 300 Covid-19 related deaths being recorded in the past 24 hours up to Friday night.