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NEW YORK (AP) — Disney’s live-action “Beauty and the Beast” was an even bigger hit than first thought.The film’s weekend box office earnings were revised up nearly $5 million from estimates Sunday. In final figures

The George Municipality has confirmed that a member of the public was killed in a freak accident in the Blanco area on Wednesday.The Municipality says the victim was struck by the back wheel of a mechanical excavator which was clearing illegal

JOHANNESBURG, March 22 (ANA) – The South African government on Wednesday suspended imports of meat from establishments suspected to be involved in the Brazil meat scandal.South Africa is joining a chorus of other countries after China, the

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng said on Wednesday that the MEC for Social Development, Nandi Mayathula-Khoza, must be held accountable for the death of the six-month-old baby girl at the non-governmental welfare care centre.Singalakha

Newly-elected ANC Nelson Mandela Bay chairperson Andile Lungisa has been given an ultimatum; resign or face disciplinary action.The Eastern Cape Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) served Lungisa with a letter on Tuesday, ordering him to step down

Parliament’s portfolio committee on justice has informed MPs that a planned briefing by the Office of the Chief Justice, which was burgled at the weekend, will not go ahead.DA justice spokeswoman Glynnis Breytenbach said no explanation was

A British lawmaker was hailed by some as a hero in Wednesday’s attack on the British Parliament.Conservative parliamentarian and Foreign Office minister Tobias Ellwood, whose brother was killed in the Bali terror attack in 2002, performed

Port Elizabeth - The wool market was down 0.8% following this week’s sale.Cape Wools said the Merino Indicator shed 131 points to close at a value of R163,00 (Clean).On the Australian market, the EMI increased 1.0% while the Cape Wools All

The European Union has expressed solidarity with Britain following an attack near the British Parliament which left four people dead.The President of the EU Parliament Antonio Tajani expressed solidarity with the victims of Wednesday’s attack