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Many South Africans took the day off work to celebrate Heritage Day.
But has the true meaning of this time become lost?
Graeme Raubenheimer spoke to two leading academics,
about what this public holiday can and should stand for.

The Table Mountain wildfire is largely contained for now.
Firefighting efforts continue after fierce winds subsided overnight.
Natalie Malgas has been covering this story for us and joined us for an update.

As Cape Town and the University of Cape Town continue to count the cost of the devastating fires,
videos are emerging of the panic as the flames engulfed UCT. A video, released on the SMUTS Hall social media pages,
which is one of UCT’s residences and remains closed to students, shows the bravery of firefighters and students in the inferno.
Watch the video below.

Just over 100 South African firefighters are currently in Canada to help bring wildfires there under control. Record breaking heat waves have led to several fires in Manitoba and across western Canada. The firefighters will spend just over a month in the country.
The trip forms part of an agreement between South Africa and Canada.
This is the fourth deployment of our firefighters to the North American country.
The last group was sent to Canada in June 2019.
Working on Fire's national spokesperson, Linton Rensburg says they expect the firefighters to be on job by this weekend.

The fierce Cape winds have abated enough to allow fire crews to call in aerial support to bring the devastating wild fire under control.
The smoke hanging over large parts of the City has also cleared and firefighters are concentrating on damping down possible flare-ups.
It's now up to structural engineers to establish how much damage the fire has caused.
Our reporter Natalie Malgas has more.

This Valentine's month has a different feel that’s for sure.
Some singles have turned to online dating sites
as the usual ways of meeting people vanished, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
But how do we navigate the new ways of finding love?
We found out from Grant Hinds and Ambel Bernard,
two online creators who met during the Pandemic.

The outbreak of a global health crisis has been less than ideal on most of our lives - our relationships included. For those looking for love, the coronavirus pandemic has challenged and change how people date and hook-up. But this hasn’t stopped some daters from pursuing their heart’s desires and bagging their match. Our reporter Natalie Malgas takes a look.

Three million people lost their jobs in the country since the start of lockdown.

And a young entrepreneur from Kuilsriver in Cape Town, was one of them.

Andrea Hartzenberg, however, didn’t take it lying down. Instead she found a way to start her own small business.