SOUTH AFRICA - NATIONAL NEWS HIGHLIGHTS SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2016

1 - Police in KwaZulu-Natal have encouraged residents in Mtubatuba to come forward with evidence of alleged police brutality. Residents in Mtubatuba in northern KwaZulu-Natal are up in arms over what they call continuing police brutality.

2 - The families of several illegal miners who are believed to be trapped at an old mine south of Johannesburg are at the scene. Several illegal miners are believed to be trapped at an abandoned gold mine south of Johannesburg

3 - A motorist has been shot and killed following an apparent road rage incident along the Old Johannesburg road near Pretoria.

4 - SACP deputy national chairperson Thulas Nxesi warns ANC risks losing 2019 general elections if it doesn't urgently get its house in order

5 - The EFF in eThekwini is not happy with the party's decision to work with the DA in hung municipalities

6 - DA describes Treasury's five-billion-rand bailout to SAA while Dudu Myeni remains the chairperson of the board as an error of judgement. Treasury has given South African Airways a clear mandate to make sure that the national carrier returns to profitability within five years. Treasury says South African Airways should immediately implement a concrete plan in an effort to end its financial problems.

7 - A group of women has been rescued from a flat in Pretoria where they were working as sex workers.

8 - 150 kg Ocean Sunfish or Mola Mola has been rescued by the Two Oceans Aquarium after it became trapped in a dry dock at Cape Town harbour

9 - 7 people killed after car and bakkie collided between Saint Faiths and Highflats in the Harry Gwala district in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands.

10 - US scholar, political activist and author, Professor Angela Davis to deliver 17th annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture at UNISA in Pretoria. Davis hails all SA students who were at forefront of FeesMustFall protests.
Davis says if there were no racism in the world US campaigns such as 'Black Lives Matter' would be unnecessary.