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Nelson Mandela Bay Executive mayor, Athol Trollip, on Thursday, survived a motion of no confidence at an acrimonious final Council meeting of the year.Sixty-five councillors, including the EFF, voted against the motion of no confidence in Trollip

Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown on Thursday dismissed calls for her resignation, saying that South African state-owned companies were in a better position since she took over in 2014.Brown, who twice missed a session to answer questions in

Parliament on Thursday passed the Adjustments Appropriations Bill after a fractious debate Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba termed a missed chance to discuss measures to turn around the country’s underperforming economy.The measure, which sets

Branches of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) will accept the outcome of the party’s elective conference next month, deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday.Speaking to members of the press corps in

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It took a year of searching and nearly 1,000 candidates, but the Walt Disney Studios has found its Mulan.The studio says Wednesday that Chinese actress Liu Yifei will play the warrior in the live-action epic from director

Salaries and allowances of different categories of Public Office-Bearers are determined by the President, after taking into account, amongst others, the recommendations of the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office-Bearers (the

The Controversial Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso was back in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Thursday.The 59-year-old pastor was launching an appeal on his bid bail after his first two applications were turned down in the PE Magistrate's

Newly crowned Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters appeared as a guest on Live! with Kelly and Ryan.The 22-year-old told hosts Kelly Rippa and Ryan Seacrest about being hijacked and held at gunpoint. After winning Miss South, Nel-Peters started

A businessman from George convicted of raping his biological daughter was sentenced to life in the George Regional Court on Thursday.The 42-year-old man was earlier found guilty of repeatedly raping his daughter between 2012 and 2015.The victim was