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One of the men who was shot at the Strand Street taxi rank in Port Elizabeth Tuesday afternoon, has died. Police spokesperson, Captain Stanley Jarvis, says 50-year-old Vusunzi Mahlabane of Motherwell died in hospital. A 57-year old man who was

Three men were sentenced on Tuesday after they were found guilty by the Somerset West Magistrate's Court of stealing and torturing a horse to death. Desling Snyman, 19, William Williams, 20, and a 15-year-old teenager were sentenced to one year

 A fire in the Kennedy Road informal settlement in Durban destroyed 300 houses and left hundreds of residents homeless on Tuesday evening, paramedics said. Netcare 911 spokesman Chris Botha said the cause of the fire, which started before

ANC leaders formed a united front in Johannesburg Tuesday as they condemned what they described as the "shockingly crude, disrespectful and un-ANC" remarks recently made by some within the party. Secretary general Gwede Mantashe told

A wage agreement for the private security sector which has resulted in an eight-and-a-half percent increase for workers, has been welcomed by the Federation of Unions of South Africa. Professional Transport Workers Union spokesperson Reckson

Sachin Tendulkar stepped down as Mumbai Indians skipper today on the eve of the Indian Premier League, saying he needed a "break from the responsibility of captaincy". The batting superstar, who led Mumbai in all of the previous four

A 25 year old man has been arrested in connection with the rape of a 26 year old woman at a house in Dorchester Heights, East London. The incident happened Monday afternoon and the suspect will appear in court on Wednesday. The suspect gained

The National Lotteries Board has paid out over R2b to beneficiaries in the 2011/2012 financial year. Board chairperson, Alfred Nebutanda, said today that while they are proud of this achievement, further measures are being put in place to speed

Energy Minister Dipuo Peters says neither government, nor her department, have control over the fuel market prices. She was speaking in Pretoria today, ahead of tonight's steep price petrol price increases of 66 cents a litre at the coast and 71