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CAPE TOWN, June 24 (ANA) – Ensuring that African elephants are protected is a high priority for 29 African countries meeting in Montreux, Switzerland, said the African Elephant Coalition (AEC).The AEC consists of 29 African countries and several

Johannesburg, 23 June 2016 (ANA) – The Economic Freedom Fighters Students Command (EFFSC) on Thursday welcomed the decision by the University of Pretoria (UP) to adopt a new language policy which would phase out Afrikaans as a medium of instructions

Emfuleni Resorts announced on Thursday that its proposal to develop a R1.3-billion mixed use development on currently under-utilised land in the Boardwalk Precinct in Port Elizabeth would not go ahead. This follows the decision of the Eastern

Two Eastern Cape men who stole sweets and milk worth R380 during a spaza shop robbery last year have been jailed for 15 years each.Police spokesperson, Captain Stefaanie Smith, says Thembikhaya Faniso and Firiri Mgezo, both 19, were sentenced

Warren Whiteley (No 8) and Ruan Combrinck (wing) will make their first starts for the Springboks in the deciding third Test against Ireland in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.The inclusion of these two players are the only changes to the starting

Junior Springbok fullback Curwin Bosch has been nominated among five candidates for the World Rugby Under-20 Championship Player of the Tournament, World Rugby announced on Thursday.He will go up against Ireland No 8 Max Deegan, Japanese wing

The City of Saints is a hive of activity as it prepares for the 42nd National Arts Festival.According to a National Arts Festival media statement artists and musicians are already arriving and pop-up businesses are beginning to mushroom as

The Port Elizabeth branch of the SA Weather Service recorded the coldest night of the year so far at the PE airport on Thursday morning at 3.1 degrees Celsius just before sunrise.The coldest place in the Eastern Cape was Buffelsfontein at -9.6 C. A

JOHANNESBURG, June 23 (ANA) – The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Thursday said it would consult its members on an improved wage increase offer of 7 percent tabled by Eskom.This comes after the union rejected an earlier wage offer of 5.75