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The Democratic Alliance says the ANC has turned from a party of liberation into one that facilitates a criminal state. DA MP Wilmot James made the remark at a rally against the Protection of State Information Bill in Port Elizabeth on Saturday

Cape Town disaster risk management centre says salvaging operations of a 50 metre Japanese fishing trawler, that ran aground at First Beach in Clifton  yesterday, will resume on Sunday. Spokesperson, Wilfred Solomons-Johannes says the

A 50 metre fishing trawler ran aground at First Beach in Clifton, Cape Town on Saturday morning. The National Sea Rescue Institutesays all people aboard are safe at this stage, but with an incoming tide, that may change. NSRI

The DA in the Eastern Cape will address a multi-party rally at the Booysens Park Community Hall in Port Elizabeth on Saturday to oppose the controversial Protection of State Information Bill. The party says its Federal Chairperson, Wilmot James

Legendary jazz musician, Jonas Gwangwa has been conferred with his first honorary doctorate in music education by the Walter Sisulu University, at a graduation ceremony at the institution's Mthatha campus on Saturday. University spokesperson

A road construction worker was buried alive, after a trench he was working in, caved in near Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape on Friday. Sapa reports that the 31-year-old man was inspecting the trench when it collapsed. It took more than six

The Industrial Development Corporation says local tourism is set to rebound from a downturn, caused mainly by the global recession. The Head of the IDC, Christine Engelbrecht says she is optimistic about South Africa's tourism growth prospects

The animal welfare organisation NSPCA, has halted the slaughter of fully conscious young crocodiles at the Kroonkrok Farm outside Rustenburg in North West. Juvenile crocodiles at the farm are being killed to provide skins for the fashion

Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela says she has decided to conduct a preliminary investigation into complaints of tender irregularities with the Gauteng e-toll system. Her spokesperson, Kgala-lelo Masibi says Madonsela will investigate allegations