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The Hawks have shot dead an alleged rhino poacher and injured another during a shootout in the Kruger National Park. Police captain Paul Ramoloka says the Hawks, in partnership with the task force, received information about the alleged poachers

A dog walking on a Port Elizabeth beach with its owner has been  injured by a plane that had been forced to make an emergency landing at Blue Water Bay beach. The dog had to be rushed to a vet after being struck by the plane as it landed on

The Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape has laid charged against teachers union Sadtu and the trade union Nehawu. This follows the disruption of a march on Friday led by DA parliamentary leader, Lindiwe Mazibuko, to the Bhisho Education

The five paintings stolen from the Pretoria Art Museum in Arcadia yesterday included an Irma Stern, worth 9 million rands and a Gerard Sekoto worth 7 million. A sixth painting, Irma Stern's "Two Malay Musicians", valued at 12 million

A German tourist is recovering in hospital after he fell 30 metres off a rocky ledge at Waterfall Bluff in the Transkei over the weekend. 71-year-old Herribert Schropp was among a group of 21 tourists exploring a cave at the Eastern Cape

Mopping up operations are underway in the canals at St Francis Bay where more than a hundred homes were razed to the ground in a devastating fire which tore through the area last night. Miraculously, there were no fatalities in the blaze which

A fire fanned by strong winds tore through the canals at St Francis Bay late yesterday destroying up to 100 homes. Kouga Municipality Spokesperson Laura-Leigh Randall says most of the firefighters were sent home to sleep at about four o'clock

Nelson Mandela Bay fire fighters have been called in to assist firemen from the Kouga Municipality who are battling a run-away fire in St Francis Bay. The Kouga Municipality says the blaze has been raging at the Royal Wharf on the St Francis

Fire in St Francis bay, video recorded at about 6pm on 11/11/12, over 10 houses on fire at that time. Source: SA Weather and Disaster Observation Service