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Eastern Cape human settlements MEC Helen Sauls-August has approved new guidelines on the quality of houses built for destitute people in the province. A total of 1000 destitute families would benefit from the current financial year, Sauls

 British banking group Barclays has advised shareholders that it is in talks with Absa to merge the majority of its Africa operations with the South African subsidiary. In a statement today, Barclays said this is expected to involve the

An elderly Kirkwood man has been murdered while collecting plants in the Aqua Park-bushes on the outskirts of the town. Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Gerda Swart, has identified the man as 71-year-old John Radford. She says he asked two

Spain's Sergio Garcia won the rain-disrupted Wyndham Championship in Greensboro yesterday by two strokes, securing a Ryder Cup berth with his first US PGA Tour title since 2008. Garcia carded a final round 66 for an 18-under par total of 262

Robin van Persie's Manchester United debut ended in disappointment on Monday night as Marouane Fellaini gave Everton a 1-0 win at Goodison Park. Van Persie came off the bench for the last 22 minutes as United searched for an equaliser after

South Africa captain Graeme Smith was delighted by the "perfect" way his side replaced England as the world's number one Test side as they held their nerve in a 51-run win at Lord's late on Monday. Victory gave South Africa the three

The SA Youth Chamber of Commerce says the fraud investigation into the construction of the 2010 World Cup Mbombela stadium should be extended to all host cities, The Chamber says in a statement that news of the arrest of the three suspects

All Tshwane University of Technology campuses will be shut until further notice because of violent strikes. University management said on Monday that three campuses were closed last week out of fear for the safety of staff and students, and to

The Legal Resources Centre is threatening to bring a contempt of court application against the Eastern Cape Education Department. LRC director, Sarah Sephton, says the Department failed to comply with an order directing it to pay all temporary