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Eastern Cape Public Works, Transport and Roads MEC Thandiswa Marawu launched a R125m provincial land project at Port Alfred on Thursday. The aim of the initiative is to dispose of superflous immovable state assets, to promote land ownership by

Two-times Grand Prix winner Rene Kalmer has a handy 12 point lead going into the Nelson Mandela Bay leg of the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge at King’s Beach on Saturday morning. Kalmer, who won the Grand Prix in the first and third

Almost two-thirds of pupils in South Africa do not pay school fees. That's according to Statistics South Africa, which says of these, 96.5% attend no-fee schools. StatsSA released its General Household Survey 2011 in Pretoria on Thursday

Numerous public holidays in April have failed to put a dampener on new vehicle sales. The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa says aggregate new vehicle sales registered strong gains with a year on year improvement of

The ANC in the Eastern Cape has issued a challenge to the regional media to expand their distribution into rural areas. ANC provincial spokesperson, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, was commenting on World Press Freedom Day on Thursday. He says under the

South Africa needs to have an economic Codesa to find ways of boosting the economy to create jobs. That's the word from world renowned scenario strategist, Dr Clem Sunter. Speaking at the inaugural Coega Business Forum lecture in Nelson Mandela

The Public Service Commission says national government departments have spent R52m on salaries for 1, 559 employees who were placed on precautionary suspension in the 2010/2011 financial year. The Commission also confirmed that poor monitoring of

Today is my first real day of freedom, said Sean Davison as he held his son Flynn at Cape Town International Airport. The UWC professor, home after five months’ house arrest in New Zealand for helping his terminally ill mother to die, says

Chelsea were left contemplating the prospect of having to win this season's Champions League in order to qualify for next term's edition after a 2-0 defeat by Newcastle on Wednesday night. Newcastle striker Papiss Demba Cisse made it 13 goals in