IN THE NEWS AT 9:
**The launch of Durban writer Zainub Dala's debut novel "What about Meera", which was due to be held today, has been cancelled after she was assaulted.
** There's a strong sense of loss in the village of Xikundu in Malamulele, Limpopo, where Public Administration minister Collins Chabane's funeral will take place.
**Police members in Darling have arrested ten suspects for the illegal possession of abalone and West Coast rock lobster worth an estimated one-point-five-million-rand.
AND **The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea are meeting this afternoon, for their first talks in three years.
NAVITHA GAJRAJ
