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BREAKING | Seven Angels killers finally found guilty of cop murders

The four congregants of the controversial Mancoba Seven Angels Ministries cult who stormed the Ngcobo police station and killed five police officers were on Friday found ...

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Three life terms for man who raped, killed woman in Eastern Cape

A 28-year-old man who raped an 18-year-old woman before stabbing her to death in Ngqeleni in the Eastern Cape last year was on Friday sentenced to ...

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Police officers sentenced for Covid-19 lockdown assault

Two police officers who assaulted a mother and daughter suspected of selling alcohol during the Covid-19 lockdown, were on Friday handed a ...

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Mabuyane ordered to revamp five dilapidated ...

The Mthatha high court has ordered Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane and education MEC Fundile Gade to remove pit toilets and fix classrooms and add sports facilities to at least five schools. In his judgment on May 10, judge Richard Brooks ...
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Two suspects shot dead during attempted robbery at China Mall

Two suspects were shot dead during an attempted armed robbery at China Mall in Beacon Bay on Thursday. The entrance ...

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Health MEC brushes aside NHI detractors

Health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth hit back at detractors of the government’s National Health Insurance scheme on ...

Politics

Expats set the election ball rolling

The 2024 SA general election begins this weekend as thousands of expats in more than 100 countries cast their ...

Local Heroes

Stephen Heger doing his bit for prostate cancer research, men’s mental health

For decades, the biking community has been burdened with the stereotype of gang-related violence and other ...

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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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Catholic schools contribute much to education in SA: Angie Motshekga

Minister of basic education Angie Motshekga says the contribution of Catholic schools to education in South Africa and ...

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BREAKING | Suspect shot dead, another wounded in foiled robbery at China Mall

The entrance of the bustling China Mall in Beacon Bay was cordoned off with police tape after two suspects were shot ...

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'The truth will come out': Ramaphosa on probe into deadly building collapse in George

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday met families and relatives of workers killed or missing in the George building ...

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Mandela’s grandson, Mandla, not on ANC’s parliament list

While Eastern Cape traditional leaders on the ANC candidates’ list for the 2024 elections could see the number of ...

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Legal challenge against Zulu king's financial benefits goes to court

Traditional prime minister Thulasizwe Buthelezi says he is confident Zulu monarch King Misuzulu kaZwelithini will ...

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East London golfers aghast at BCM’s new rental proposal

East London golfers and business people are crying foul over a metro proposal for astronomical rent increases for the ...

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Top Mthatha businessmen arrested

Prominent Mthatha businessmen Lungile Jozela and Sabi Baninzi have been arrested and are facing charges including ...

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Emotional farewell for murdered BCM councillor Ntombikayise Tom

A slain Buffalo City Metro councillor has been hailed as a dedicated and extraordinary leader, a peacemaker, great ...

WORKWISE | Probation is a great opportunity

In the case of TABANE V RAILWAY SAFETY REGULATOR AND OTHERS (J173/2021) [2023] ZALCJHB 76 (24 MARCH 2023) the employee was engaged by the employer on 1 August ...

WEALTHSMITH | Where to for our beloved Rand?

Many financial institutions have painted pictures of the trajectory for the South African rand in 2024, ranging from optimistic to pessimistic scenarios, in ...

LETTER | Chippa deal a shame as BCM sport venues fall to pieces from neglect

The story "Green Light for BCM’s R33m Deal with Chippa" (DD May 9) and opinion piece "Bumps in Chippa Deal Need to be Ironed Out" (DD May 10)  refer.

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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 ...

LISTEN | Long and desperate property ...

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

LISTEN | UDM growing stronger in Eastern ...

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

Business

White House moves to protect US solar ...

The White House on Thursday said it would protect domestic solar factories from Chinese competition by scrapping a ...

WBC to open in East London — but where?

WeBuyCars is being coy about the exact location of its new premises in East London, although it has announced its ...

The inside story of Musk’s mass firings ...

The day before Elon Musk fired virtually all of Tesla’s electric vehicle charging division last month, they had high ...

Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber and ...

The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber and Standard Bank have extended their partnership for the Entrepreneurship Desk.

Radisson Blu GM among top of the class in ...

The last thing Radisson Blu general manager Elmarie Fritz expected to be told this year was that she had been ...

Meetings Africa spurs major economic ...

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

Share ownership in companies for workers ...

Minister of trade, industry, and competition Ebrahim Patel said on Monday the textile sector was vital to South ...

Africa

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 ...

Lifestyle

Spice things up this winter

Flavour-packed vegetarian cuisine is on the menu this winter season.

Enviro Automotive to launch a ...

Pretoria-based Enviro Automotive will launch an electric car priced below R400,000 in South Africa in the last quarter ...

Don’t diss yoga, it’s sick

Middle-aged women need to make time for strength training, with or without Gen Zs and millennials.

Sweet success with handmade baby items

Wanting to offer other East London moms handmade baby items and with no sewing experience, resident Kimberly Whittle ...

Sibongokuhle Nkosi excited about a new ...

"I'm looking forward to the new challenge and willing to learn a lot about the Venda tradition."

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WATCH | 6,800-year-old skeleton ...

German archeologists have unearthed a skeleton of a man who lived around 4,800 BC in a village in Lower Bavaria.

Russia to target Nato nuclear weapons in ...

Russia will make Nato nuclear weapons in Poland one of its primary targets if they are deployed there, the TASS news ...

US reaches $138.7m civil settlement with ...

The US Justice Department has reached a $138.7 million civil settlement with hundreds of victims of former USA ...

Nato drills in Finland are provocative, ...

Nato exercises starting on April 26 in Finland and in close proximity to the Russian-Finnish border are provocative in ...

SA calls for probe after reports of mass ...

The department of international relations and cooperation says reports about the discovery of mass graves in Gaza calls ...

Taiwan rattled by dozens of quakes, but ...

Taiwan's quake-hit eastern county of Hualien was rattled by dozens of aftershocks late on Monday and early on Tuesday, ...

Sport

Boxing Mecca

Tyirha chases Kandulo rematch

Plans are in motion for former world-rated junior-flyweight Nhlanhla Tyirha to get a rematch against Malawian ...

Olympics blow as SA fail to send boxers ...

SA boxing’s Olympic drought is set to continue after the country’s amateur body confirmed that it will not send ...

Zizi Kodwa names new Boxing SA board with ...

Sport minister Zizi Kodwa on Tuesday named the Boxing South Africa board, ending a hiatus of five months during which ...

‘Iron Mike’ Tyson gives warning to Jake ...

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, preparing for his first professional fight since 2005, warned ...

Nomad Tyirha joins rehabilitation boxing ...

The nomadic boxing life of Mdantsane’s former world-rated Nhlanhla Tyirha has ended after he joined the All Winners ...