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 Twenty-one beaches, marinas and national parks in the Eastern and Western Cape have been awarded Blue Flag status for the 2013/2014 period. This was announced on Tuesday by Environmental Affairs Minister, Marthinus van Schalkwyk. Van

 The Eastern Cape Transport Department says a bakkie transporting learners to school has been impounded in Seymour after being found to be unroadworthy. The Transport Ministry says officials have been visiting schools to check on the

 The former head of the National Youth Development Agency, Andile Lungisa, has resigned from the ANC's Eastern Cape provincial executive committee. His departure comes just days after he and several other people appeared in court for

 A convict found guilty of the murder of a prison guard and escaping from lawful custody has been sentenced to a second life term in prison. Forty-year-old Sithembile Msutwana was already serving a life sentence when he shot and killed 37

 Butterworth Police have arrested 5 suspects and seized 80-kilogrammes of dagga with a street value of R81 000. Captain Jackson Manatha says the police officers were on patrol when they stopped a suspicious looking Avanza on the N2 near the

A police investigator was the first witness to give evidence in the Knysna Magistrate's court on Monday, in the trial of six men allegedly involved in an illegal dog fight two years ago. Warrant Officer Marius van Huysteen told the court about a

 A baby humpback whale has washed up on the rocks next to the East London aquarium. This prompted city authorities to close Eastern and Orient beaches because of an increase in shark activity on Monday. Marine services chief Sharney

 An East London youth will appear in court on Tuesday in connection with the murder of his 21-year-old sister. Police captain Stephen Marais says the woman's body was found in a bag in the yard of their home in Braelyn Extension 10. She

 Opposition parties say they will be asking Correctional Services Minister, Sibusiso Ndebele, parliamentary questions about reports that parolee, Jackie Selebi, has been seen shopping in Pretoria. DA MP, James Selfe, says Selebi was released