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Relatives of Tsolo victims gunned down in Cape Town

Four relatives with their roots in the Eastern Cape were gunned down in Cape Town on Sunday while meeting to make arrangements to attend the funerals of six family members ...

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Municipality moves to repair dangerous sinkholes in Gonubie

The Buffalo City Metro said it would take a week to fix the two sinkholes that opened up in Gonubie at the weekend. A wide and deep hole located ...

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East London man accused of taking hit out on brother

An East London man is accused of hiring hitmen to kill his older brother to claim money from a life insurance policy he took out in his brother's ...

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Pleas to fix road in Mthatha industrial area fall ...

Angry businesspeople in Mthatha’s Vulindlela Heights, where the government set up a multimillion-rand industrial park to “fight unemployment and create jobs”, have hit out at King Sabata Dalindyebo municipal bosses for failing to fix the street in ...
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Dozens of new MPLs in revised 72-member Bhisho legislature

The first sitting of the Bhisho legislature on Friday will welcome more than 30 new faces in a revised 72-member ...

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Cycling to make quality education accessible

Not even the wintry weather could stop a Dale College trio from cycling to raise money for the Andy Andrews Financial ...

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Amateur shows take centre stage amid boxing inactivity

Amid a continuing dearth of professional boxing tournaments, boxing stakeholders have shifted focus by organising a ...

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Two suspects nabbed for barber shop shooting in Khayelitsha that left four dead

Two suspects aged 24 and 28 have been arrested in connection with the murder of three children and a 30-year-old man in ...

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The Enyobeni Tavern tragedy

Ongoing coverage of the impact of the Enyobeni Tavern tragedy, where 21 Eastern Cape children died.

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UFH ranked among world's top 2,000 universities for 2024

SPONSORED | The University of Fort Hare showed a remarkable ascent in the latest URAP World Rankings measuring academic ...

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New smart driver’s licence card is ‘imminent’

Transport department says the audit process is the last hurdle standing in the way.

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'There is no hot water to bath in prison': accused in Meyiwa murder trial tells court

Two of the men standing trial for the murder of Senzo Meyiwa have told the Pretoria high court that they do not have ...

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Court rules in favour of parliament over removal of EFF MPs from 2015, 2017 Sonas

Parliament's removal of errant EFF members as a 'last resort' after they disrupted two state of the nation addresses ...

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WATCH | MPs boycotting parliament first sitting will be 'in breach of their ...

As the MK Party threatens to boycott the first sitting of parliament, National Assembly legal adviser advocate Zuraya ...

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Malawi president: all killed on plane carrying Vice President Chilima

Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera said on Tuesday during an address to the nation that everyone on board the airplane ...

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Diver missing and crew injured as sardine netters' boat capsizes

A diver is missing and crew members were injured when their boat capsized at Umgababa, south of Durban on Tuesday.

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Tackling gender-based violence through self-defence

In a country grappling with the scourge of gender-based violence and femicide, a group of college students in Qonce ...

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Outrage as school bans boys from attending winter initiation rite

An Eastern Cape high school has announced classes will not close for the June holiday and boys who defy this to undergo ...

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Commendable effort to fight gender-based violence

One in five partnered women in South Africa has experienced physical violence by a partner, with the Eastern Cape the province with the highest prevalence of ...

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OPINION | BCM leaders must consult with residents

The challenges facing Buffalo City Metro are well-documented. Among them are the shambolic billing system which has resulted in legal battles, questions ...

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Hawks making important inroads against kidnap gangs

The Hawks say reported incidents of kidnapping in the Eastern Cape are on the decline.

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Politicians from the ANC, DA, EFF, GOOD and the Patriotic Alliance (PA) voted in the 2024 elections across South Africa on Wednesday.

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Government should not interfere with people's lives.That is a view of Free Market Foundation CEO David Ansara.

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Amid the heated discussion over the export of South African livestock, Wednesday was a bustling day at the harbor in ...

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The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) has raised the alarm over an infectious disease outbreak at a feedlot housing ...

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If BCM's town planning unit does not sharpen up, construction companies will migrate to municipalities that don’t take ...

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UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says he remains positive about his party’s future in the Eastern Cape and has issued a ...

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Leap into future for local youth and sport

Together, the Makazole Mapimpi Foundation and Mercedes-Benz SA want to rewrite youth and sport development in SA, ...

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Nokia CEO makes world's first 'immersive' ...

Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark made a phone call using a new technology called "immersive audio and video" that improves the ...

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Parks and tourism agency’s game auction ...

The Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency (ECPTA) held its annual game auction at the Mpekweni Beach Resort on ...

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Retrenched SA Post Office workers get ...

A total of 4,512 workers were retrenched

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In the six months to December, Shoprite added 197 new stores to total 3,543 stores, adding 2,617 new jobs in the process

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The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Gauteng is 13,023, with 3,716 recoveries and 87 deaths.

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22,000 Edcon employees get retrenchment ...

SA's biggest non-food retailer Edcon has served 22,000 of its employees with notices of retrenchments as it blames ...

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WATCH | Mahindra at Nampo Harvest Day 2024

Ignition TV catches up with Mahindra South Africa at the recent Nampo Harvest Day.

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'Now he is healthier they have started working again,' a source said.

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"Zanele shall surely live and proclaim the goodness of the Lord."

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Unmasked! Dineo Ranaka revealed as ...

Popular radio personality, TV presenter, actress and DJ Dineo Ranaka was revealed as "Diamond" at the weekend on "The ...

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After nearly two years of waiting, the potent new Mercedes-AMG C63 S E Performance is on sale in South Africa.

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Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who ...

Retired astronaut William Anders, who was one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, capturing the famed ...

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British TV doctor Mosley found dead on ...

British TV presenter Michael Mosley has been found dead in a rocky area of Symi, days after he disappeared during a ...

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Humanoid robot Captcha answered questions and teased attendees at an artificial intelligence summit in Geneva.

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Geneva’s annual motor show to end after ...

The annual motor show in Geneva, Switzerland, is coming to a close after more than a century due to dwindling interest ...

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Fourteen-year-old Russian schoolboy David learnt something new this month: firing accurately with a Kalashnikov is ...

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Schumacher’s family win compensation for ...

Michael Schumacher's family has secured €200,000 (R3.96m) compensation from the publishers of a German magazine that ...

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Mohammad Rizwan scored a timely half-century and Babar Azam played a captain's knock as Pakistan bounced back from ...

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Pakistan keep Super Eight hopes alive ...

Mohammad Rizwan scored a timely half-century and Babar Azam played a captain's knock as Pakistan bounced back from ...

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Amateur shows take centre stage amid ...

Amid a continuing dearth of professional boxing tournaments, boxing stakeholders have shifted focus by organising a ...

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Bafana take big step towards World Cup ...

Substitute Thapelo Morena scored a brace to keep Bafana Bafana’s 2026 Fifa World Cup right on track with a convincing ...

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Chiefs defender Msimango happy to cut ...

So keen was Given Msimango to make his contribution to Bafana Bafana that he did not think twice about abandoning his ...

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‘This is disgusting sometimes’: Bafana ...

Bafana Bafana coach has had to speak in defence of star attacker Percy Tau again as critics continue to question the Al ...

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Keshav keeps his cool as Proteas secure ...

Another day, another tense finish and again the Proteas emerged victorious - although they will acknowledge, that they ...

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Broos counts on Bafana mentality as he ...

The mentality Bafana Bafana showed in their group match against Namibia at this year's Afcon is what coach Hugo Broos ...

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Amateur shows take centre stage amid ...

Amid a continuing dearth of professional boxing tournaments, boxing stakeholders have shifted focus by organising a ...

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Long-serving boxing official booted as ...

A career spanning two decades laced with controversy as Boxing SA-Eastern Cape manager ended after Phakamile Jacobs was ...

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Boxing SA board makes sweeping changes, ...

Boxing South Africa’s (BSA) newly-appointed board on Monday announced it had made some big moves, like booting out one ...

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Yet another Eastern Cape boxing star ...

Still smarting from the departure of top star Phumelela Cafu to join Colin Nathan in Johannesburg, Eastern Cape ...

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Olympic failure set to dominate Sanabo ...

The failure to qualify for the Paris Olympics is expected to dominate the discussions when the SA National Boxing ...