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 Wily thieves have stolen 17 expensive mountain bikes belonging to learners from three schools, including Lilyfontein School in East London, just days before the 2012 Schools Adventure Race is set to start. The bikes, along with other gear

Southern Cape police say a truck transporting lime from Heidelberg to Port Elizabeth has been hijacked and set alight. Police spokesperson, captain Bernadine Steyn, says four men accosted the driver and his passenger when they stopped on the N-2

With another massive field converging on Cradock for this weekend's Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon, local stars Greg Louw and Michéle Eray will be carrying the regions hopes of keeping the silverware in the Eastern Cape. Louw, who was

A weaker rand supported the market at this week's wool sale. Cape Wools says its merino indicators gained 1.5% to close at R89.44 p/kg for clean wool, its highest level for the season. Spokesperson, Ona Viljoen, says the market is performing

Tensions rose in mines across South Africa on Wednesday with outbreaks of violence and new wildcat strikes being reported. Thousands of striking workers at Gold Fields KDC West Mine, in Carletonville, gathered with sticks, pipes and axes on a

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry says its business confidence index dropped from 95 in August to 91.7 in September. The Chamber said the BCI started 2012 with a 0.6 index points decline in the 1st quarter 2012, 2.6 points in the

JSE-listed aviation company Comair says it will challenge Treasury's latest R5b guarantee to South African Airways. Treasury said on Tuesday that the guarantee would allow the national carrier to borrow from the financial markets, thus ensuring

 Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer kept his starting XV unchanged for their final 2012 Rugby Championship clash against the All Blacks at FNB Stadium in Soweto on Saturday. Prop Coenie Oosthuizen, who was a late withdrawal for the match against

Western Cape Human Settlements Minister, Bonginkosi Madikizela, presented his government's Access to Basic Services Program to residents of Tembalethu in George on Wednesday. He also turned the first sod on the long term, R500m Asazani Project