In Xhosa culture, a baptism of rain is often seen as a stamp of approval from the powers that be – and East London's first local farmer's market of fresh, organically grown produce, held in the parking lot at Spargs in Beacon Bay on Saturday morning, certainly had that.
South Africa, its state of disaster made official, is to have a minister of electricity in the presidency whose job is to end load-shedding. This was the news the nation was waiting for on Thursday night, and the moment President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the state of disaster during his State of the Nation Address (Sona), his audience in the Cape Town City Hall cheered.