Take Yourselves Out Of Poverty, Gwede Mantashe Tells South Africans After Meeting Brazil Leader – ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe says society should rely less on the government to take them out of poverty. [news24]

Correctional Services Investigates As Prisoner Allegedly Jumps To His Death At Mangaung Prison Where Thabo Bester Faked Fiery Suicide Death – The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has launched an investigation after an inmate at the Mangaung Correctional Centre died by suicide after allegedly jumping from the roof on Monday. [iol]

Zimbabwe Election: Polls Set To Open In Crucial Presidential Vote – Voting is scheduled to start in Zimbabwe’s second general election since the 2017 coup that deposed the late ruler Robert Mugabe. [aljazeera]

Swimmers ‘Knocked Around Like Skittles’ During Ironman Competition Where Two Men Died – Alan Walsh – who took part in the Ironman event in Co Cork on Sunday – says he witnessed “an awful lot of people getting into difficulty” and helped one man who called for help and went underwater. [sky]

North Korea’s Kim Lambasts Premier Over Flooding, To Shift Blame For Economic Woes – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un severely rebuked his premier and other senior officials over what he called their irresponsible response to recent flooding of farmlands along the country’s western coast, state media reported Tuesday. [ap]

Fishing Trawler Discovers Unidentified Body In Hout Bay Harbour – The body of an unidentified man was found in Hout Bay Harbour. Reports suggest that he was found by employees aboard a fishing trawler. [capetownetc]