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 The Border-Kei Chamber of Business has launched the South African Green Schools Initiative through its Energy Forum. The Chamber's Les Holbrook says Merrifield Preparatory School and College in Beacon Bay is serving as the pilot site for

 A violent protest broke out at one of Walter Sisulu University's Mthatha campuses earlier on Monday. Police and additional security were called in when angry students broke in and looted the bookshop and burnt a security company vehicles

 The Department of Basic Education has warned that a proposed march to parliament on Wednesday by members of teachers union Sadtu will be illegal. The SA Democratic Teachers Union and Cosatu are expected to announce details of the march on

 Police in Middelburg in the Eastern Cape are on the hunt for two suspects who attacked and robbed a farmer over the weekend. Police spokesperson, captain Stefaani Smith, says 31-year-old Marais van der Merwe, sustained head injuries and

  A Port Elizabeth school which regularly hosted the Brian Boswells Circus on its premises has slapped a total ban on the circus because of reports about animal cruelty. Dr Crystal Watson, chairperson of the Walmer West school board, says

A Bangladeshi national is appearing in the Port Elizabeth magistrate's court on Monday in connection with the kidnapping of a Bangladeshi businessman. The 39-year-old Kurshed Alam was arrested in Durban recently in connection with the abduction

 There was a lot more activity than usual at the country's taxi ranks on Monday as commuters left stranded by an ongoing nationwide bus strike took taxis instead. The SA Transport and Allied Workers' Union (Satawu) announced a nationwide

 Police are still at the scene at the Traffic Department at George, which was burgled at the weekend. Robbers are believed to have gained access through the roof and managed to break open the safe. The office handles vehicle-licencing

 Police are hunting for a gang of robbers who tried to hijack Eastern Cape police commissioner, Lieutenant General Celiwe Binta's car in East London's Lingelitsha township at the weekend. Her bodyguard was slightly injured by flying glass