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South African customs officials working with a detector dog unit intercepted a female pedestrian trying to smuggle 3.6 kilogrammes of heroin worth an estimated R3.6 million into the country, the national revenue service said on Thursday.The South

The National Students Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) said on Thursday it would not be reopening applications for funding for the 2018 academic year but would work with tertiary institutions to assist students who failed to do so in time.South African

The four prisoners who made a daring escape while being transported to St Albans in December was sentenced in the Gelvendale magistrate's court.Ettiene Andrews, Marco Tiervlei, Justin Bramwell and William Kleinbooi were all sentenced to three

South African Higher Education Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize said on Wednesday that free tertiary education will not be implemented immediately, but rather be part of a new system to be phased in over the next five years.Mkhize was briefing the media on

Port Elizabeth police arrested a 23-year-old suspect who allegedly stole a computer from a bank in Govan Mbeki Avenue.Spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the K9 unit responded immediately and arrested the suspect within an hour.She says police

Port Elizabeth police have arrested two suspects for being in possession of a variety of drugs valued at more than 100-thousand rand.Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, says the arrests were made early on Thursday morning by members of the

Licencing services at  Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality's traffic offices are offline due to a problem believed to be linked with new Live Enrolment Unit machines.The Metro's head of Safety and Security, John Best, said the system in

Four people have been killed and an estimated 40 others were injured on Thursday following a collision between a train, truck and light motor vehicle between Hennenman and Kroonstad in the Free State.ER24 said that provincial fire and medical

PARIS (AP) — Australian actress and anti-sexual harassment campaigner Cate Blanchett will head this year’s Cannes film festival jury, organizers said Thursday.In a statement, top Cannes officials Pierre Lescure and Thierry Fremaux