Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen says that making South Africa’s Cannabis Masterplan a reality is a priority – but still faces quite a big hurdle.

One more person has died from mass shootings at two houses in a South African village over the weekend, bringing the death toll to 18.

The death toll from mass shootings at two houses on the same street in a South African village over the weekend has risen to 18, according to officials.

The death toll from a shooting in Lusikisiki, in the Eastern Cape, has climbed to 18 after one of the victims died in hospital on Sunday. National police commissioner General Fannie Masemola said a team of detectives and forensic experts had been deployed to investigate the murders of the 18 family members.