A banned Swazi political party has accused South Africa's diplomatic mission of handing the names of activists over to the absolute monarchy's security services.

President Jacob Zuma has condemned the practice of using his name and that of Cabinet Ministers to secure privileges or flout government procedures.

Thandora, the elephant re-introduced into the wild in late April, has finally ditched her human helpers, and joined up with a group of elephants at the Gondwana Game Reserve.