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 An American woman who has been on the run from the law in her country for seven years has been arrested in South Africa and will be sent back to face the music, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) said on Friday.The Hawks

In December 1995 the friendly city of Port Elizabeth made international headlines when a woman by the name of Alison Botha was abducted, raped, stabbed multiple times and left for dead.The story of Alison gripped the nation and her courage inspired

Fire and Rescue Services, together with other emergency crews, had their hands full with at least seven fires along the Garden Route area late on Thursday afternoon. Four Wilderness homes, worth millions of rands, were destroyed in veld fires fanned

Three KwaZulu-Natal nurses were hijacked and held hostage for several hours near Empangeni, health officials said on Thursday.KwaZulu-Natal provincial health spokesman Desmond Motha said the incident happened on Wednesday.The three nurses based at

A local resident has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of well known East London business man, Lulamile Mbewana.He was shot and killed while in his car with a female companion at Amalinda in June of last year. The woman was later

With South Africa’s Caster Semenya the heavy favourite for the women’s 800m title at the Olympic Games, International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Sebastian Coe says his organisation intend to challenge the ruling which

The DA has lost control of Plettenberg Bay and surrounds in the Bitou municipality, after falling short of securing an extra 21 votes in last week's local government elections.They needed these votes to obtain the majority seats in the local council

Six people died from burn wounds after a fire broke out at Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve near Heidelberg.According to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development the fire broke out on Monday trapping grass cutters who were working

A taxi driver who tried to bribe traffic officers after being arrested for drunken driving, is to be sentenced for corruption in addition to drunken driving on Thursday.The incident happened late at night, after Thanduxele Sotsopo, 46, a married