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It's all systems go for the 2012 Splash Festival, with organisors promising four days of fun in Nelson Mandela Bay. Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor, Zanoxolo Wayile, said the Metro was once again proud to host the largest water sports festival

The Bitou Municipality has announced a preferred bidder to manage the Plettenberg Bay airport. Bitou mayor, Memory Booysen, said in his latest news letter that Indiza Airport Management was named the preferred bidder of the long-term lease

A Cape Town man has been taken into custody for allegedly killing his wife, niece and two children in Khayelitsha. Police spokesperson, lieutenant-colonel, Andrè Traut, said residents handed the 25 year old man over to police, following

Renowned South African wildlife filmmaker Johnathan Varty is in a critical condition after he was savaged by a tiger on his farm Tiger Canyons in Phillipolis in the Free State on Wednesday night. He is in the intensive care unit of Bloemfontein's

The wool market was softer at this week's sale. Cape Wools' says its Merino indicator dropped two percent compared with the previous sale a fortnight ago to close at R102.06 per kg for clean wool. Spokespeson Ona Viljoen, says this was in line

The ANC has swept to victory in seven by-elections in the Eastern Cape. The ruling party also retained three wards in Nelson Mandela Bay that became vacant following the deaths of three councillors in an accident earlier this year. Opposition

Knysna residents without access to water and sanitation facilities will receive an early Christmas present this year, thanks to a R9-million allocation by the Provincial Department of Human Settlements to the Knysna Municipality. Municipal

Johannesburg, Mar 28 (I-Net Bridge) - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) on Wednesday reminded taxpayers with payments due that the deadline for tax payments is Friday, March 30, not March 31, which is a non-working day. SARS is expecting

Johannesburg, Mar 28 (I-Net Bridge) - Gooderson Leisure Corporation (GDN) will sell the business and assets of the Beach Hotel to Motsa Properties for R20 million, with effect from July 1. The sales proceeds will be used, among others, to settle