Domestic

Manhunt underway for gunmen who killed Mpumalanga local councillor

SANDF rejects a US media report that two soldiers had surrendered to M23 rebels in the DRC.

PSA laments hikes in electricity and fuel costs, and calls on the government to find solutions to the cost of living crisis facing South Africans.

The Pretoria High Court dismissed the Parliament Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's bid to interdict the National Prosecuting Authority's Investigative Directorate from arresting her, with costs on Tuesday morning.

A farmer from the small town of Bethal in Mpumalanga is expected to appear in the local Magistrates Court on Monday on a charge of murder. Spokesperson Colonel Donald Mdhluli says it is alleged that the farmer suspected that the victim was illegally hunting on his farm when he was shot and killed.

The new wave of killings has particularly hard hit Namibia's Etosha Park.

According to police, 34 bodies have been found but only nine were identifiable with many burnt beyond recognition. The authorities continue to search for the remaining 11.

A 51-year-old man will spend the rest of the Easter weekend behind bars after his car collided with the official armoured state vehicle of former President Jacob Zuma in Eshowe. National Police Spokesperson Brigadier Antlenda Mathe says the former president was not injured in Thursday's accident and quickly evacuated to his residence.

A recent report by Parliament’s portfolio committee on police found that the “state of disrepair” of many police stations hurts the morale of officers. The report aims to assist MPs who take over from the current committee in the next Parliamentary term.