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Elderly woman desperate after home burns down

East London resident Rachel Mzamo held back her tears as she recalled how her home of 30 years was allegedly torched by a group of five men who had accused her son of ...

News

Education interns march to premier over job limbo

Over 500 Eastern Cape department of education interns are in an ongoing battle to get permanent employment from the department

News

Lurch in fuel price unlikely to fire up inflation

Economists say price jump won’t lead to higher interest rates given the weak economy

Lifestyle

A shell of a coming-out party

It was a slow walk to freedom but 36 tortoises have been returned to the wild after a life of confinement and abuse

Business

More than 4,000 agriculture jobs at risk due to ...

Job cuts to hit seasonal workers hardest, while subsectors that remain labour intensive will consider mechanising processes

News

Legal action could delay spectrum release by a year

Icasa is opposing court challenges to the auction process that is meant to be wrapped up by the end of March

Opinion

Facial recognition and privacy: who’s watching the watchers?

Automated facial recognition is a useful tool, but there is mounting concern about ethical and privacy implications

News

Chilling warning before J-Bay man’s killing — sister

Less than a month before he was shot dead, Jeffreys Bay resident Clyde Stuurman confided in his sister that he had ...

News

Culinary academy to open doors to aspiring Eastern Cape cooks

After almost a decade of working in kitchens around the globe, Samkelo Mthiyane is back in the Bay to open his own ...

News

EP rugby community mourns irreplaceable supporter ‘Ezee Fana’ Dlula

Eastern Province Rugby has lost its most passionate supporter with the death of the popular Wankie “Ezee Fana” Dlula ...

News

Contracted Covid-19 nurses beg Oscar Mabuyane for help

Contracted Covid-19 nurses who helped bolster the Eastern Cape’s front line to fight the novel coronavirus want to fill ...

Sport

Chippa's strike force all fired up for City clash in Mdantsane

This will be the second time the sides meet in three days having clashed in the Nedbank Cup Last 16 competition at NMB ...

News

Owners urged to vaccinate pets amid worrying rise in parvovirus

After a spate of parvovirus cases over the past six months, the Nahoon Bird and Animal Clinic is urging all pet ...

News

AmaBhaca chief Diko hailed for role in education

The late AmaBhaca chief Nkosi Thandisizwe Madzikane II Diko was described as a community developer and a visionary ...

News

Eastern Cape health department can't pay its service providers

The Eastern Cape health department's financial crisis is spilling onto its essential service providers, some of which ...