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Seven men arrested for a foiled platinum heist in Deal Party, Port Elizabeth late last year, are back in court on Thursday. Five suspected robbers and a by-stander were killed in a dramatic shoot-out between an armed gang and police. The men

Correctional Services Minister, Sibusiso Ndebele, will officially launch his department's "reading for redemption campaign" at St Albans prison on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth on Monday. The launch, which forms part of heritage

 Beaufort West police have arrested a man for allegedly being in posession of 35 bags of perlemoen. Police spokesperson, captain Bernadine Steyn, says vigilant members of the Beaufort West Vehicle Identification and Safeguarding Section

 Members of the trade union Hospersa held a sit-in protest on Wednesday at the offices of the Eastern Cape Health MEC, Sicelo Gqobana. Hospersa says emergency services shop stewards and representatives of other unions, took part in the sit

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