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DCS fingered for poor handling of Thabo Bester escape while Phathekile Holomisa is off the hook

Former correctional services deputy minister Phathekile Holomisa has been let off the hook over Thabo Bester's infamous escape from a Mangaung prison.

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BCM salary hikes bid for top bosses may cost R20m in back pay

In a bid to have the salaries of Buffalo City Metro’s top administration bosses increased above the prescribed limits, the financially unstable ...

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Families of Lusikisiki massacre victims too scared to return home

The families of the 18 victims shot dead in Ngobozana village in Lusikisiki at the weekend are too terrified to return there — even for their ...

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East London girl achieves dream of celebrating ...

Ten-year-old Isabella Esterhuyse, who is bravely battling cancer, realised a lifelong dream on Saturday when she made a heartwarming entrance on the field alongside Springbok captain Siya Kolisi as she joined the team to celebrate.  The East ...
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Cathcart extortion accused in renewed bail bid

An alleged Eastern Cape extortionist will know on Thursday if his fresh bid to be released on bail will be ...

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CCTV cameras to help fight vandalism and crime in Mthatha

The King Sabata Dalindyebo local municipality, which has battled unprecedented levels of destruction and vandalism to ...

Business

Business Awards celebrate heroes of industry

The Border-Kei Chamber of Business Awards is getting closer, with an esteemed panel of judges having already selected ...

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University of Fort Hare added to the list of Unesco World Heritage Sites

SPONSORED | The historic academic institution is one of 14 interconnected locations across SA that have been officially ...

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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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Eastern Cape book fair to celebrate acclaimed and budding authors

  Esteemed and budding authors, including an eight-year-old who has published a collection of short stories, will be ...

Boxing Mecca

Delight as Eastern Cape government increases boxing funding

The cries of provincial boxing stakeholders for an increase in government funding were finally answered, with the ...

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BREAKING | Eastern Cape policeman shot dead

A policeman has been gunned down in a rural Eastern Cape town. The warrant officer was killed in the Ngqeleni CBD ...

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'Drug mule' releases more than 110 ingested drug bullets

An alleged female drug trafficker arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport on Sunday has so far released more ...

Politics

MK Party asks chief justice to postpone JSC interviews until court's final ruling on ...

On Friday, the Western Cape High Court temporarily interdicted Hlophe from participating in the work of the JSC.

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'Scam artist' attempts to extort R50k from family of KZN snowstorm victim

The family of a man who died of hypothermia after he went missing in a snow storm in KwaZulu-Natal last week was preyed ...

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BREAKING | Names of Lusikisiki massacre victims released

Eastern Cape police on Monday released the official list of the names of victims of the Lusikisiki mass shooting ...

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Ramaphosa confident police can solve Lusikisiki mass murder, appeals to community for info

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appealed to residents of Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, where 18 people were killed, to ...

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Fuel prices cut — this is what you will pay from Wednesday

Drop in international fuel prices, stronger rand are behind the decreases

READER LETTER | We need a BCM party

Quite a few reports in the DD recently have shown just how out of touch with reality the executive of Buffalo City Metro is. Princess Faku, the ANC’s Dr WB ...

OPINION | That children are still starving to death is horrific

There are children in the Eastern Cape who are dying from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Take away the medical speak and that simply means children in ...

OPINION | BCM’s continued delay on SIU report leaves many questions

On Thursday, the Buffalo City Metro will hold a special council meeting to discuss serious matters concerning the running of the municipality. Among the ...

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The opening night of the 25th Standard Bank Joy Of Jazz festival on Friday was hailed as a huge success. Artists such as Fatoumata Diawara (Mali), Jessica Pina (Portugal), Mimi Mtshali (SA), Sibusiso Masiloane (SA), Bongezwiwe Mabandla (SA), Iphupho La'ka Biko (SA) and many more dazzled music fans at the Sandton Convention Ventre in Johannesburg. #SouthAfrica #News www.timeslive.co.za

25th Standard Bank Joy Of Jazz

The opening night of the 25th Standard Bank Joy Of Jazz festival on Friday was hailed as a huge success. Artists such as Fatoumata Diawara (Mali), Jessica Pina (Portugal), Mimi Mtshali (SA), Sibusiso Masiloane (SA), Bongezwiwe Mabandla ...

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LISTEN | Short film set in Eastern Cape ...

A short film set in the Amakhala Game Reserve has made waves across the globe as the second chapter to another film ...

LISTEN | Extortion concerns taken ...

Deputy defence minister Bantu Holomisa does not believe intervention by soldiers is the answer to solving a “protection ...

LISTEN | Foundation calls for individual ...

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

LISTEN | NSPCA has serious concerns over ...

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

LISTEN | NSPCA raises alarm over ...

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

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Business Awards celebrate heroes of ...

The Border-Kei Chamber of Business Awards is getting closer, with an esteemed panel of judges having already selected ...

BT Ngebs mall upgrades forge ahead

There’s been a rise in leasing activity, foot traffic and trading density at its township and rural shopping centres, ...

Eastern Cape Cape and KZN residential ...

Despite the uptick in vacancies during the second quarter, the first half of 2024 showed the lowest average annual ...

Old Mutual Bank to launch in 2025, hopes ...

South African insurer Old Mutual expects to launch its bank in three stages by 2025, after receiving regulatory ...

HSBC exits SA in deal with FirstRand and ...

The London-based lender has had a presence in SA since 1995

Meetings Africa spurs major economic ...

SPONSORED | The business events industry’s vital role in revitalising the economy is undeniable, highlighting the need ...

Business sounds alarm over flight ...

Border-Kei Chamber of Business executive director Lizelle Maurice has expressed deep concern to Air Traffic ...

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LIVE UPDATES | Restaurants, hairdressers ...

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

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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Montywood breaks new ground with release ...

Online video-on-demand subscription service Montywood released its first long-form drama series, a 52-episode series, ...

These are the 10 best-selling used SUVs ...

SUVs continue to be the most rapidly growing body type in terms of consumer interest, according to the 2024 AutoTrader ...

It started with just two giraffes, but ...

“Our game-viewing vehicles were white Isuzu bakkies with plastic seats on the back and a cooler box you had to tie to ...

Kingsley Baloyi triumphs at SA Fashion ...

Competing against seven other emerging designers, Baloyi wowed the judges with his innovative designs and compelling ...

World

SpaceX set to launch billionaire’s ...

An attempt to launch last month was postponed hours before liftoff.

James Earl Jones, renowned actor and ...

American actor James Earl Jones, an imposing stage and screen presence who overcame a childhood stutter to develop a ...

WATCH | Canadian fashion mogul Peter ...

Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was sentenced to 11 years in prison after being convicted of four counts of ...

WATCH | WHO chief says the world needs to ...

The chief of the World Health Organization said he was shocked by the world's insufficient action to stop the crisis in ...

WATCH | Fisherman says migrant’s phone ...

A fisherman who rushed to a capsized boat carrying migrants attempting to reach the UK says he and others were ...

Man, 50 others go on trial in France for ...

A 71-year-old man is on trial in France accused of drugging his wife and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her in ...

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Boxing Mecca

Delight as Eastern Cape government ...

The cries of provincial boxing stakeholders for an increase in government funding were finally answered, with the ...

Mgabi, Sigaba triumph in bantamweight ...

Mdantsane’s hard-punching Likho Sigaba preserved his national bantamweight title shot and Lwando Mgabi claimed the ...

Mgabi in quest to bring another SA title ...

Duncan Village is aiming to lift another SA title in the space of three weeks when Lwando Mgabi vies for the vacant ...

Ngxeke inches closer to world title shot ...

Newly crowned WBO Intercontinental bantamweight champion Landile Ngxeke is inching closer to a world title shot — his ...

Sigaba risks SA title shot with Rasmeni ...

Boxing pundits are surprised by Likho Sigaba’s decision to risk his imminent SA title shot by giving Aphiwe Rasmeni a ...