South Africa’s (SA) Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of conceding defeat in the fight against crime by deploying the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) to support police operations in gang‑affected communities.

Independent United Nations (UN) human rights experts say the large‑scale release of documents known as the Epstein Files contains disturbing and credible evidence of what may amount to a global criminal network involving the systematic sexual abuse, trafficking and exploitation of women and girls.