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The US and Russia may be working on Mars missions, but the galactic ambitions of the Swiss are far more modest: they want to tidy up the Earth's atmosphere. The clock-and-choc-making country today announced plans for a rubbish-grabbing space bot

 The National Prosecuting Authority says a man who killed a policeman while out on parole, will be sentenced in the south Gauteng High Court tomorrow. NPA spokesperson, Mtunzi Mhaga, says Mervin West was convicted last week of killing an

 East London police have arrested a 26 year old man for allegedly selling dagga to school children in Scenery Park. Police spokesperson, Captain Stephen Marais, says the arrest came after the principal of the Uviwe High School caught five

Two suspected armed robbers have been shot dead in a fire-fight with police in a Butterworth township. Police spokesperson, captain Jackson Manatha, says a third gunman managed to escape. He says the three had been in the process of robbing a

Andy Birkett and Jason Graham won a sprint finish with Thulani Mbanjwa and Sbonelo Zondi this morning to claim victory in stage one of the Dusi canoe marathon in Pietermaritzburg. The defending champions raced over the line in a time of two hours

Social Development Minister, Bathabile Dlamini, will outline the process of re-registering all social grant beneficiaries at a briefing tomorrow. This week she told parliament that government wants to re-register 15-million social grant

Forty-eight children at a Tembisa school have been stung by a swarm of bees. ER24 says the children were in the playground when an active beehive was apparently disturbed. Spokesperson, Vanessa Jackson, says 45 children were taken to hospital

Police reinforcements have been called in to Impala Platinum's Rustenburg operations. This after clashes last night left one person dead and a policewoman and several civilians injured. Police spokesperson, brigadier Tulani Ngubane, says a man

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has provided R10.5m this year to the Southern Kings to help it prepare for entry into the Super 15 next year. Municipality spokesperson, Kupido Baron, says a budget adjustment was made last night by the Metro's