Johannesburg The former president of the Free State Division of the High Court, Judge Jacobus Petrus Malherbe, died on Wednesday at the age of 79, the Office of the Chief Justice said. “The late Judge Malherbe contributed immensely to the development of our jurisprudence and we are deeply saddened by his passing,” current Free State Judge President Mahube Molemela said in a statement.

South African blade shearer Mayenzeke Shweni, current world champion, has been honing his craft on an Orepuki farm ahead of the World Shearing Championships in Invercargill from February 8-11. A world champion South African shearer has been quietly honing his craft in a Southland woolshed ahead of the World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Invercargill this week.