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Mdantsane mother turned away by clinic, forced to ...

Eastern Cape healthcare workers face a disciplinary hearing after they made a Mdantsane woman carry her dead newborn baby in her arms for six hours last week. The baby had died when the mother prematurely gave birth at home, just hours after ...
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VM Automotive, in Ntabozuko (formerly Berlin), with a staff complement of only 38 people, was contracted in 2019 to produce and supply the outer shell of the C Class.
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Baseball club offers Mdantsane kids an alternative to streets and drugs

The Mdantsane Eagles baseball club has kept many a Mdantsane child off the streets since it was established in 2013.

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Farmers Under Siege

A bloody battle over livestock in the hills of the Eastern Cape has turned so violent that established farmers are ...

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Chris Hani municipality threatens to cut water amid billing chaos

Bizarre scenes are playing out in Chris Hani district municipality, which is threatening to cut water to thousands ...

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'Don't speak ill of the dead': Malema slams 'cowards' criticising Zulu king

Economic Freedom Fighters leader, Julius Malema has hit out at “cowards” who were critical of the late Zulu monarch, ...

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Load-shedding will be with us until 5am on Saturday

Eskom said on Tuesday that rotational power cuts would be in place until 5am Saturday, reduced from stage 2 to stage 1 ...

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Makhanda court orders trust to pay back R3m profit made from irregular tender

The high court in Makhanda has ordered four trustees of the Siegesmund Trust to pay back R3m earned in a 2014 ...

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WATCH LIVE | MPs to decide whether to institute Mkhwebane inquiry

MPs are meeting on Tuesday to decide whether to institute an inquiry into public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness ...

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ConCourt dismisses Mkhwebane's bid to stop impeachment process

The Constitutional Court has dismissed public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's application for leave to appeal against a ...

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EC principal faces attempted murder charge

The school principal who tasked a pupil to extract his phone that fell into a pit toilet has been charged with ...

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Two on R10m East London housing scam fraud charges

A business couple accused of running a multimillion-rand housing scam in East London and possibly other areas in SA ...

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EC principal suspended for 'lowering pupil into toilet at end of rope'

An Eastern Cape school principal has been placed on suspension, accused of  instructing an 11-year-old pupil to ...

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Some Eastern Cape universities join nationwide shutdown

The continued fight for student financial emancipation led to a nationwide shutdown of tertiary institutions on ...

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SA records just 613 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours

SA recorded just 613 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Monday.

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The simple fact is that the ANC has been in power too long

It’s been frequently proven that lengthy incumbencies lead to parties imploding. The pity is that SA citizens are the losers

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Blockchain helps collectors perfect the art of possession

Unique cryptocurrency tokens — some worth literally millions — aren’t about 'getting the art' as much as proving ownership

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Mogoeng the standout in a week of one right royal mess after another

The icing on the cake was Duduzane Zuma announcing that he is ready to lead the ANC into a bright new era

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‘Women are here to change the world’: Female plumber revamps orphanage on World Plumbing Day

Apprentice Shamiela Cloete worked alongside dozens of qualified plumbers to revamp the plumbing systems at Holy Cross Orphanage in Parow Valley, Cape Town, on Thursday.

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Blockchain helps collectors perfect the ...

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South Africa hit by more than 800 hours ...

About 63% of the rotational power cuts occurred before the hard lockdown was imposed, says CSIR

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WATCH: The gross domestic problem

Michael Avery talks to a panel about what the latest GDP figures tell us about SA’s economic outlook and business ...

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WATCH: Why Sanlam’s annual headline ...

Sanlam CEO Paul Hanratty talks to Business Day TV about the group’s annual financial results

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Spot gold and US gold futures rise as easing US Treasury yields and dollar lift the metal’s appeal

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Volkswagen was unable to build 100,000 cars due to an ongoing chip shortage that has hit the automotive sector this ...

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New BMW M3 and M4 Competition arrive in ...

The all-new and somewhat controversial (cue those vertical kidney grilles) 2021 BMW M3 Competition Sedan and M4 Coupé ...

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"Hey! Bit** stop it! If you don't have anything nice to say shut your mouth!" Kelly said.

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Britain considering best way to proceed ...

Britain is looking at the idea of vaccine passports and discussing the best way to proceed in terms of fairness, said ...

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Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has hit its lowest level in a year, a poll released on ...

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Two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen' Iran-aligned Houthi group landed in uninhabited border areas of southern Saudi ...

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Facebook to label all posts about ...

Facebook Inc, which has been criticised by lawmakers and researchers for allowing vaccine misinformation to spread on ...

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Torch relay spectators must be masked, ...

Tokyo Olympic organisers on Tuesday unveiled Covid-19 countermeasures for the torch relay as they reduce the number of ...

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US drug distributors urge government to ...

Three major US drug distributors have requested the government to expand the Covid-19 vaccine supply chain network as ...

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Thiem looks to reset, return on clay ...

World number four Dominic Thiem says he wants to reset after making another early exit at this week's ATP 500 event in ...

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Thiem looks to reset, return on clay ...

World number four Dominic Thiem says he wants to reset after making another early exit at this week's ATP 500 event in ...

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Tiger Woods back home and recovering ...

Golfer Tiger Woods said on Tuesday he is back home and continuing his recovery after suffering severe leg injuries in a ...

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Can SA’s cricket team return to the top? Peter Bruce talks to leading cricket commentator Neil Manthorp

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Border Rugby needs clean slate, says Kyd

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Returning Fernando Alonso has unfinished ...

After winning two world championships, finishing runner-up three times, celebrating 32 grand prix victories and making ...

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Marc Marquez speeds up return with road ...

Marc Marquez lapped Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya on a production motorcycle on Tuesday as the six-times MotoGP ...

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Daily Dispatch journalists Bongani Fuzile and Sino Majangaza have been recognised for the work they did while ...

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Cholera outbreak lurks in province’s ...

Parts of the Eastern Cape may be on the brink of a cholera outbreak as a result of local government’s abuse of the ...

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Eastern Cape rivers are becoming deadly sewers.A Daily Dispatch team investigated three vital rivers in the province ...

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A number of Buffalo City Metro’s rivers have been exposed to raw sewage and are contaminated – something that fills ...

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Growing your own vegetables for the table instils a sense of living well. Produce straight from your garden is ...

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Marvelous Marvin Hagler dead at 66

Marvelous Marvin Hagler, who dominated boxing's middleweight division in the 1980s, has died at the age of 66, his wife ...

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Boyish Luyanda Ntwanambi vows to dethrone ...

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