TOP STORIES AT 3PM- The leadership battle in the DA in KwaZulu-Natal is heating up. Ethekwini councillor Zwakele Mncwango has accepted a nomination to challenge the party's provincial leader Sizwe Mchunu in the elective congress later this month. Parliament has asked for a further six month extension to a Constitutional Court deadline to fix sections of the Sexual Offences Act criminalising consensual sex between children under the age of 16. **Police in India's Andhra Pradesh state say they have killed at least 20 suspected sandalwood smugglers. The incident occurred when the smugglers attacked police near the holy Hindu town of Tirupati. SARESHEN PILLAY