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Owners of dilapidated buildings in Mthatha face hefty fines

The mayor of the troubled King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality has issued an impassioned plea to commercial property owners in Mthatha. “Please take good care of your ...

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OFF TRACK | Spills kill birds and destroy the ecosystem, says ...

Sewage spills are a silent eco-killer. Gonubie Bird Sanctuary chair Tony Wessels said the impact of sewage on birdlife and other wildlife on the ...

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Death toll climbs to five in George construction collapse, 49 ...

The death toll has risen to five after a building under construction in George collapsed on Monday afternoon, with 49 people still unaccounted for.

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‘Remove Jacob Zuma as face of MK Party’: Salvo ...

The founder of the newly launched MK Party, Jabulani Khumalo, has told the Electoral Commission of South Africa to remove former president Jacob Zuma as the face of party and from its list of potential members of parliament.
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OFF TRACK | GONUBIE RIVER’S WEEK OF ENVIRO HORROR

Gorgeous Gonubie river is a dangerous, polluted place. For five days, a river of sewage flowed at an estimated rate ...

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RDP houses remain a dream — 12 years on

It might not have been under ideal conditions, but Ntombizine Mtengwane was happy when she and her family were moved ...

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Doctors relieved as new overtime policy put on hold

Doctors in the Eastern Cape have breathed a sigh of relief after their employer put a commuted overtime policy, that ...

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Boy’s heroic efforts to save siblings from fire in vain

A brave nine-year-old boy who woke in the middle of the night and found his home on fire and full of smoke, tried in ...

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Are you ready? Entries open for the 2024 Telkom Radio Awards

SPONSORED | SA industry celebrates its 100 years of radio

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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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Esplanade vagrants build shacks with a priceless view

With beachfront houses in the area going for a fortune, ratepayers and beachgoers along East London’s Esplanade were ...

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Dogs maul pensioner in East London street

The family of an elderly man who was attacked by two large Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs in a tree-lined East London ...

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George building collapse: 22 workers rescued and taken to various hospitals

Twenty-two of the workers who were trapped when a multistorey building under construction in George collapsed have been ...

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Bongani Bongo's corruption case sent back to high court for new trial

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Monday set aside the Western Cape High Court’s decision to discharge ANC MP ...

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Mental evaluation delays bail application of metro cop who allegedly killed pregnant ...

Murder-accused Durban metro police officer Const Sizwe Ngema will be detained in a solitary police holding cell ...

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Service delivery woes set to hit voter turnout

In the wake of the tragic accident that killed 26 people in 2020, the  government promised to fix the stretch of ...

Business

Share ownership in companies for workers vital for economic development: Patel

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

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More than a half a million arrested in 'Operation Shanela' last year, brags Cele

In a show of force, police minister Bheki Cele on Monday proudly announced that police had successfully arrested more ...

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BREAKING | 46 people trapped under collapsed building in George

Rescue efforts were under way on Monday afternoon after a five-storey building collapsed in George in the Western Cape, ...