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Twelve beaches in the Eastern Cape and the Garden Route have been awarded Blue Flag status.This announcement was made at the prestigious national Blue Flag launch hosted by the Kouga Municipality at Dolphin Beach, Jeffreys Bay, on Wednesday.The 12

GROOT MARICO, October 4 (ANA) – President Jacob Zuma will never forget Groot Marico in North West, he said on Wednesday.“I will never forget this place. It is where I was arrested in 1963, while we were on our way to exile,” he

Port Elizabeth police arrested a suspect wanted for the rape of an NMU student and for stabbing of another female student in a computer lab on Monday night.Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, said the 29-year-old man was arrested in Govan

The Competition Commission on Wednesday dropped its investigation into allegations that pharmaceutical companies, Aspen Pharmacare Holdings and Equity Pharma, were involved in excessive pricing.The Commission had in June initiated three

Eight people, including six girls, were killed during an attack in Embangweni, KwaZulu-Natal, police said on Wednesday.In the first attack, suspected to be a family feud, spokeswoman Captain Nqobile Gwala said neighbours heard gunshots at the home

NEW YORK (AP) — Some New York City residents are petitioning to have a street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood named in honor of musician Jimi Hendrix.Richard Geist, a local store owner, says the block has “lost the magic and we

In commemorating the birth centenary of Oliver Reginald Tambo, the South African Reserve Bank has launched a R5 coin honouring the anti-apartheid hero. The bank also launched other collectable Tambo centenary coins at an event in Ekurhuleni

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Late-night comics decried the Las Vegas mass shooting as a confounding and repetitive American tragedy, with Jimmy Kimmel and Trevor Noah lashing out at politicians who oppose gun control.“I don’t know why our so

Port Elizabeth police have arrested four suspects and confiscated a 9mm pistol as well a Ford Ranger 4x4 following an attempted hijacking in Central.The drama had had a sequel on Nelson Mandela University's south campus, where students are