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Five people have managed to flee from a Sydney cafe where a gunman is holding several people hostage in a Lindt chocolate Cafe. Three hostages, all men, emerged from the cafe almost six hours after the standoff began with two women fleeing around

The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber has called for transparent communication on the progress of repair work at the fuel tank farm in the Port of Port Elizabeth. On Wednesday, Transnet National Ports Authority, said it had suspended operations

 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Rhodes University Professor Tebello Nyokong as a member of a High-level Panel to advise on the organisational and operational aspects of the proposed Technology Bank and Science

Afghan officials say the latest Taliban strike in the capital, Kabul killed a South African father and his two children. Sapa reports that the city's police chief resigned after at least nine militant attacks in two weeks. As the US-led NATO

An umpire and former captain of Israel's national cricket team died Saturday after being hit by a ball, just two days after the death of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes due to a freak head injury left the sports world reeling. The Israel

 Namibia's press agency says an American citizen has been caught after attempting to escape from a prison in the capital, Windhoek. The Namibian Press Agency reports that Los Angeles native Marcus Tomas climbed a tree inside the Windhoek

  The claws of Ebola have taken more than 5 000 lives since March this year, but a simple cellphone App which can work off-line is offering a glimmer of hope. Philip and Malan Joubert, two brothers from Stellenbosch based in California

African Union Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and an AU delegation came face to face with the fight against the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease when they touched down at Sierra Leone's Lungi international airport. In a

 There is still no news on when the bodies of more than 80 South Africans killed in a building collapse in Nigeria, will arrive in South Africa. Government spokesperson, Phumla Williams says the laboratory in Lagos has not given them an