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Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says the minimum supply of water has been restored to all areas of the Metro, including the streets in Gelvandale that had no supply yesterday. Read the full enedited statement below: Confirmation has been

The rover Curiosity has landed on Mars to begin a two-year mission to seek out evidence that the Red Planet once hosted the ingredients for life. Nasa successfully landed its $2.5-billion Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover on the

 An Italian oil company has announced that it has discovered a huge natural gas field under the seabed off the coast of Mozambique. "Eni SpA" says it is the company's largest find to date. The discovery at the Mamba North East

Murder-accused George Luca has lost a bid to appeal against an extradition order. Luca, accused of murdering Teazers boss Lolly Jackson, lost the appeal in a Cyprus court on Wednesday. There is now one more legal avenue left for him to take

The man accused of killing 12 people in a shooting rampage at a midnight showing of the new Batman film in Denver has made his first court appearance. He looked bleary-eyed and emotionless on Monday, his unruly hair dyed shades of orange and red

A masked gunman shot dead 14 people and wounded 30 to 40 others at a showing of the new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises at a cinema in the U.S. city of Denver on Friday. A local radio station is reporting that a man in a gas mask opened fire

The hunt for the Higgs boson - the ‘God particle’ that holds the universe together - is over. Scientists at Switzerland's CERN (the European Council for Nuclear Research) announced the discovery of the particle to an audience

A lesbian ex-scout leader has slapped down 1980s action star Chuck Norris after he claimed that gay people have no place in the scouting movement . A lesbian mother who was ousted as an American boy scout leader because of her sexual orientation

South Africa has been ranked 127th on Vision of Humanity's global peace index, sliding 29 places from the 98th spot it held in 2007. The 2012 index, released earlier this month, was done on 158 countries and the 2007 index on 120 countries