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CAPE TOWN, June 8 (ANA) – Parliament on Thursday extended sympathies to the friends and family of people who lost their lives due to the severe weather conditions which have battered the Western Cape this week.Speaker of the National Assembly

CAPE TOWN, June 8 (ANA) – The death toll from the severe weather conditions in the Western Cape reached nine on Thursday, the provincial government said.“Unfortunately we need to announce there’s another fatality, we just received

Forty-three people died and 24 others were injured when the driver of a Zimbabwe-registered bus lost control of the vehicle before it veered off the road and rammed into a tree, authorities confirmed on Thursday.National police spokesperson, Senior

The British High Commission in South Africa is appealing to British nationals, affected by the raging fires in the Garden Route, to contact it's local consulate.The Commission's spokesperson, Isabel Potgieter, said the commission has set

A producer for the investigative series on MNET, Carte Blanche, was killed in a late night armed robbery on Wednesday at the Zebra Inn in Johannesburg’s Maboneng district.Johann Botha’s death has been described as a “devastating

Animal welfare organisations have stepped in to assist animals affected by the devastating fires that have swept through the Garden Route.Thousands of people were evacuated overnight as raging fires continue to cause devastation at Knysna and

The Western Cape Department of Health has confirmed that the Knysna Hospital evacuated all of it's 82 patients to alternative sites on Wednesday night as a safety precaution.The Department's Deputy Director of Communications, Mark van der

JOHANNESBURG, June 8 (ANA) – Six people were arrested in Pimville, Soweto, in connection with the three burnt bodies discovered in Centurion, Pretoria, this week.Police believe that the three family members were victims of a house robbery in

JOHANNESBURG, June 8 (ANA) – Agri SA said on Thursday that agriculture was a shining light in South Africa’s declining economy following its 12.8 percent positive contribution to the Gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter of