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The DA in Nelson Mandela Bay has welcomed more than 200 defectors from the ANC, Cope and Agang in a mass walk-over on Tuesday. Most of those who crossed over arrived at the Khayamnandi Community Hall in Despatch dressed in the colours of their

A 10-month old baby has been placed into an induced coma after suffering “horrendous” injuries allegedly at the hands of his mother’s boyfriend. Atare Tepania, 23, was refused bail in a Western Sydney court on Monday for

More than a dozen people living with physical disabilities held an awarness campaign in Nelson Mandela Bay on Friday to highlight Disability Month, which runs from early November to early December. The campaign was under the banner of the

At least 31 people were killed in two suicide bomb attacks in Nigeria this week. According to reports the attacks took place late Tuesday afternoon at busy markets in the cities of Yola and Kano, injuring a further 72 people. One of the

Jonah Lomu, who bulldozed opponents with his size and blistering speed only to be felled by a kidney illness that extinguished his meteoric All Blacks career, died suddenly at his home in Auckland. He was 40. Nadene Lomu, the wife and manager of

The Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt was brought down by a homemade bomb placed on board in a “terrorist” act, the head of Russia’s FSB security service told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. “According to

Reports have surfaced that the troubled Hollywood heartthrob, Charlie Sheen is HIV positive. Several of his ex-girlfriends took to Twitter following the reports in a tabloid magazine. Sheen's ex girlfriend and porn star Bree Olsen recorded

PARIS (AP) — Hours after the synchronized attacks that terrorized Paris, French police questioned and released the suspect who is now the focus of an international manhunt, officials told The Associated Press on Sunday. Saleh Abdelslam, 26

A young French lawyer specializing in white collar crime. An engineer from Spain. An American college student studying design on a semester abroad. They were among the first victims to be identified after the gun-and-suicide bombing attacks that