The Hawks, have vowed to hunt down the kingpins behind widespread illegal mining in the country.

NFP leader Zanele Magwaza-Msibi has urged her party members not to retaliate following these attacks on party members.

Selected news and current affairs clips from SABC radio and digital journalists, used on the SABC News website (www.sabcnews.com).

Selected news and current affairs clips from SABC radio and digital journalists, used on the SABC News website (www.sabcnews.com).

Chairman and Spokesperson for the South African Gun Owners' Association John Welch says that the propensity of violence is not only a problem in South Africa but in other countries too.

Spokesperson of Gun Free South Africa says that firearms are used in suicides.

Nomfundo Mogapi says that the possession of guns triggers aggression in people.

Action on the Public Protector's bombshell report on the South African Broadcasting Cooperation (SABC) could be considered when Parliament's Communications Committee looks at it on Tuesday.

Democratic Alliance (DA) Federal Chairperson Wilmot James says what makes the party’s economic policy different is that it relies on private sector led growth.

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela says the SABC’s acting Chief Operating Officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng should not have been appointed in 1995, as he had misrepresented himself.