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*President Cyril Ramaphosa says law enforcement agencies have been instructed to work around the clock to bring down high levels of crime.
Such talk follows mass fatal shootings in the country.
Eleven people were killed in KwaZulu-Natal last week, ten people were shot dead in Lwandle, Cape Town while 17 people were shot dead in Carletonville west of Johannesburg on Saturday night.
*The community of Springs in Ekurhuleni has been left in panic and anxiety following the discovery of a woman's lifeless body in the area.
Like most other victims, she too was dumped on the side of the road.
This brings the number of women who were murdered and dumped in various parts of Ekurhuleni to eleven.
*The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is expected to hear the evidence of taxi industry figure Oupa "Bafana" Sindane today.
Sindane was expected to appear before the commission last week but was unable to do so due to ill health.
His legal counsel sought a postponement, which was dismissed.
*Bangkok authorities are pumping floodwater from streets across the capital as heavy rains begin to ease in some areas, but with canals already swollen and the drainage system overwhelmed, there is simply nowhere for the vast amount of water to go.
The city has received almost 300 millimeters of rain in roughly 48 hours, overwhelming major canals and other waterways.
*Temba Bavuma and David Miller scored centuries while spinners Keshav Maharaj and Bjorn Fortuin shone with the ball for the Proteas as they clinched a series-winning victory by 32-runs in the second one-day international against Australia at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
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