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Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University will be in the cross-hairs of political parties on Thursday as students gear up for the SRC elections. The SA Students Congress, an ANC affiliated body, will host the Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Mdu

SA National Park says the latest rhino poaching statistics indicate that a total of 381 rhinos have been killed since the beginning of this year. Sanparks says the total number of arrests remains at 199. In its latest rhino poachign report

Over 300 disgruntled former Transnet workers have embarked on a peaceful protest at the parastatal's Cambridge district office in East London. They are demanding to reimbursement of their pensions and other benefits promised to them. According

Kouga Municipality mayor Booi Koerat says he will respond within 14 days to the grievances of residents contained in several memoranda presented to the municipality today. Hundreds of residents from St Francis Bay, Oyster Bay and Jeffreys Bay

The SA Human Rights Commission says its pleased with the outcome of a hate speech case against a Port Elizabeth magistrate who called a court cleaner a baboon. On Tuesday magistrate Johan Herselman, abandoned his application to the Supreme Court

 Two men have been arrested in Mdantsane, East London, after being found in possession of stolen goods worth R100 000. Police spokesperson, Lieutenant Nkosikho Mzuku, says the men, aged 26 and 38, are believed to be involved in a syndicate

 Internal controls have been set up to help non-performing municipalities in the Eastern Cape, the local government department said on Tuesday. "Financial issues concerning municipalities are being attended to. This includes

 The Department of Basic Education says the Eastern Cape is one of two provinces that will be closely monitored during the annual national assessments. Department spokesperson, Panyaza Lesufi, said 7.2 million learners in Grades one to six

Kouga Municipality will be doing maintenance work on the substation in Wavecrest, Jeffreys Bay, tomorrow (12 September). If the weather is bad, it will be done the following day (13 September). Only sections of Wavecrest will be affected and