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UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says he remains positive about his party’s future in the Eastern Cape and has issued a warning to those undermining former president Jacob Zuma’s popularity in the province in light of his new party uMkhonto weSizwe’s rise to prominence. Holomisa spoke in a podcast interview with DispatchLIVE on Friday afternoon after concluding his two-day “presidential visit” to the Eastern Cape.

Crime intelligence-led operations have led to the arrest of more than 3,700 suspects for serious and violent crimes, including murder, extortion and kidnapping over the past 11 months.

Disaster management teams remain on high alert in KZN after the SA Weather Service upgraded its warning for severe conditions to level 4.

Two KwaZulu-Natal suspects aged 33 and 41 have been arrested by the Hawks after they allegedly kidnapped six people and demanded a ransom.

Minister Bheki Cele has instructed police officers to not go easy on criminals.