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Consumer price inflation (CPI) eased further to 4.9 percent in July, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday. "The official inflation rate (ie the percentage change in the CPI for all urban areas in July 2012 compared with that in July

Just 10 days after Nasa's Curiosity rover sent back photos of the Martian landscape, the agency wants to take a better look beneath Mars's surface. "Does Mars have fault lines like the Earth does? How extensive are those? What kinds of

A contract worker has been injured after falling from a height at Mercedes Benz's East London plant. Company spokesperson, Lynnette Skriker, said Wednesday that the worker is employed by contractor Stefanutti Stocks which is building the company

The Nelson Mandela Bay Safety and Security Directorate is awaiting more information from Cape Town with regard to the possible introduction of a by-law allowing confiscation of a motorist’s cell phone if it is used while driving. In a

 The Eastern Cape Education Department says learners at the Noncedo Public School at Thornpark near East London set fire to parts of the school while a high level meeting was underway to resolve their grievances. Learners went on the rampage

Eastern Cape Transport MEC, Thandiswa Marawu, will officially hand over 20 new ambulances to the province's emergency services on Wednesday. The ambulances are part of a fleet of 60 new vehicles that were purchased by a newly established trading

 The Noncedo Public School in Thornpark near Gonubie was set alight on Tuesday - allegedly by pupils who claimed their teachers did not have their interests at heart. East London police spokesperson, warrant officer Hazel Mqala, confirmed

The airline, 1Time, has filed for business rescue. The airline's board says it requires business rescue because it is "financially distressed". Business Day reports that the company has about 320 million rand in short-term debt and

Expelled ANC Youth League leader, Julius Malema has accused President Jacob Zuma of giving the order to shoot the miners in last week's massacre at the Lonmin mine in Marikana. Malema laid murder charges against the SAPS involved in the incident