CAPE TOWN, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South African major news outlets on Tuesday:
-- Two men have been declared dead following a dramatic rescue mission on Table Mountain which left over 800 people stranded for hours. The men, together with a woman, were climbing Arrow Final on the side of the mountain when they are believed to have fallen.(News24).
-- The Independent Examinations Board (IEB) will release its matric results at midnight on Tuesday. About 11,000 matric students at private schools sat for the IEB exams, where the pass rate is normally around 98 percent. (South African Broadcasting Corporation)
-- Crime did not take a break over the New Year's weekend, with a spate of burglaries and robberies reported in and around Durban North.
Late last year, it was reported that armed gangs were heading out of Westville and making their way to Durban's northern suburbs. (Independent Online)
