Maybe it was a slow news day at e.tv, maybe her work doesn't excite her, or maybe she was just tired but the eNews Channel (DStv 403) news reader Ayanda-Allie Paine was shown slumping forward taking a bit of a rest live on the 24 hour news channel - unaware that she was actually still on the air.
TVSA caught the moment and broke the news of Ayanda-Allie Paine taking a rest.
While throwing to the weather and thinking she's off the air for a while after the weather jingle and intertile, Ayanda-Allie Paine folded herself flat on her desk Saturday night taking a bit of a rest that was never supposed to be seen.
But a technical snafu in the control room at the South African news channel kept the camera on Ayanda-Allie Paine who was informally slouched over with her head on her right arm and who was clearly exhausted from reading the news - or just the plain boringness of it all.
Then Ayanda-Allie Paine suddenly realised that she's still on the air and that the camera is on her. Clearly embarrassed at being caught out, Ayanda-Allie Paine pulled herself up, sliding herself upright again in her chair while she smiled sheepishly at the camera.
The channel finally switched to the weather report and Ayanda-Allie Paine wide awake again following what must have been a bit of an adrenaline rush after her on-air gaffe.
