SOUTH African police are seeking the masterminds behind a heist of 30 tonnes of unrefined platinum worth millions of rands after nine men were caught packing the granular platinum into maize meal bags on Johannesburg’s East Rand. The truck transporting the metal was hijacked during the week. Police found the truck using a satellite tracking system, and say the heist was a well-organised robbery intended to supply a lucrative black market in precious metals. – AFP