IN THE NEWS AT 9:
**Tshwane Metro police are keeping a strong presence at the statue of Paul Kruger at Church Square in Pretoria and other sites of statues. The statue has been vandalised and painted with lime early last night.
**Johannesburg Metro Police say they might have broken the record with the number of drunk driving arrests they have made over the Easter long weekend.
**Twenty-two current and former employees of petrochemicals group Sasol have filed a civil claim against its mining unit.
AND....**Durban is projecting that hosting the Commonwealth Games in 2022 will create nearly 12-thousand jobs and provide an estimated 20-billion-rand boost to the economy.
NAVITHA GAJRAJ
