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South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign Thursday to inject the horns of rhinos with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals but can be detected by customs agents.

Activists and various organisations came out in numbers to march against the recent xenophobic attacks and also handed in a memorandum at the Hillbrow police station which called for the home affairs minister to step down.

The number of people who lost their lives in floods caused by torrential rains across KwaZulu-Natal since Friday has risen to eight.

Sixteen people have died in Boksburg after a gas leak at the Angelo informal settlement on Wednesday night.

The Johannesburg CBD explosion was caused by an ignition of commercial and natural gas in the storm water system, according to authorities after inspections by experts.

Phala Phala worker Froliana Joseph, a central figure in the theft which saw as much as $4m stolen from the farm in 2020, said she knows nothing of the burglary, nor the Namibians who allegedly made off with the cash.

A dealership owner and his father have been released on R20 000 bail each in a case in which they are accused of beating up two boys, aged 9 and 12. One boy died of his injuries.

Activists and various organisations came out in numbers to march against the recent xenophobic attacks and also handed in a memorandum at the Hillbrow police station which called for the home affairs minister to step down.

A man, allegedly linked to a gang of armed robbers, was arrested after being found unconscious in a manhole in the Johannesburg CBD on Monday.