Millions of South Africans head to the polls on Wednesday to elect a new parliament.
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) is expected to maintain its majority.
But opposition parties are hoping reduce that, by capitalising on voter frustration over corruption, poverty
and rampant crime.
Mike Hanna reports from Johannesburg.
afrol News - Huge diamonds found in DRC : "A Canadian mineral exploration firm, Mexivada Mining Corp, has reported the discovery of two large diamonds in its 100% controlled Malambani Permis de Recherche concession, located near Mayoko in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mexivada described the first stone as a white, modified octahedron 7.5 milimetres in diameter while the second stone was a shiny 6 milimetre greenish-white coloured dodecahedral diamond. Each of them weighs 0.1 gram"