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Springbok coach Allister Coetzee has included uncapped Malcolm Marxand recalled Oupa Mohoje, Vincent Koch, Juan de Jongh, Francois Hougaard, Bryan Habana and Johan Goosen, in a squad of 31 players for the opening two matches of the 2016 Castle

A man drowned at the Fish River Mouth in the Eastern Cape on Saturday after being swept away by the tide, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said.NSRI Port Alfred station commander Juan Pretorius said duty crew were activated shortly before

The women protesters who disrupted President Jacob Zuma’s local government elections results acceptance speech on Saturday evening had every right to express their freedom as citizens, African National Congress secretary general Gwede Mantashe said

A year after a painful defeat in the final and after 21 years of unrewarded effort, the Hurricanes won the Super Rugby title for the first time Saturday, beating South Africa’s Lions 20-3 in a final played in frigid conditions.Flyhalf Beauden

The bodies of four people who died in a helicopter crash earlier this week in Lusikisiki have been retrieved. Police spokesperson, Captain Mduduzi Godlwana, says the Robinson R44 fell down a cliff on Wednesday afternoon.The aircraft was flying

Eskom on Friday warned the public about a scam where criminals were pretending to be the utility’s representatives, claiming that Eskom had changed its banking account to Nedbank and subsequently providing those banking details.“The fraudsters use

South African Broadcasting Corporation journalist Vuyo Mvoko’s application to get the public broadcaster to reinstate him was dismissed by judge Fritz van Oosten at the Johannesburg High Court on Friday.Mvoko, an independent producer, has complained

Uitenhage police are investigating a case of hijacking, after a 39 year old man and his wife were hijacked in Kwanobuhle on Thursday night. Police Spokesperson Captain Gerda Swart says they were sitting in their vehicle, a silver VW Polo in Khwane

With the results in South Africa’s local government election still to be finalised, it appeared that more than 2.6 million voters had deserted the country’s ruling party.By 8am on Friday morning, with the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s