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The Deputy Director General of Water and Environmental Affairs, Dr Monde Mayekiso says one of the main challenges that faces ocean work in South Africa is the need to build capacity. Speaking at the launch of National Marine Week at Nelson

 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University has moved a step closer to having a fully-fledged medical school with its Council agreeing in principle to support new initiatives by the university to meet an ever-growing national need for qualified

 The trial of six men linked to illegal dog fighting in Plettenberg Bay starts in the Knysna Regional Court on Monday. They are part of a group of 10 men who were charged with illegal pitbull fighting at Plett two years ago. In May this

A man from Kirkwood will appear in the town's magistrate's court on Monday in connection with six murders, some dating back to 2007. Police spokesperson, warrant officer Gerda Swart, says the man also faces numerous charges of attempted murder

President Jacob Zuma says he's optimistic that a newly built school in the Eastern Cape will produce leaders of a high calibre. Zuma officially opened the R45m Ethridge Junior Secondary School in Mbizana on Saturday to mark World Teachers Day

Kirkwood police have opened a culpable homicide docket following a hit and run accident on the R-336 on Friday night. Police spokesperson, warrant officer Gerda Swart, says a passing motorist alerted police to the body of a 42-year-old man lying

The National Prosecuting Authority says the regional court in Engcobo in the Eastern Cape has sentenced five rapists to life imprisonment in recent rulings. NPA spokesperson, Luxolo Tyali, says one of those jailed in the past three weeks was

President Jacob Zuma will mark World Teachers Day in Mbizana on Saturday where he will hand over Ethridge Junior Secondary School to the community. The school had been built by Anglo American Platinum, as part of compliance with the Mineral and

A Port Elizabeth businessman charged with the murder of his wife had been granted bail in the city's magistrate's court. Forty-four-year-old Nathan Lewis, originally from Washington in the US, was granted bail of R20 000 on Friday. His bail