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Carol-Ann Kelleher, who co-presents the Daron Mann Breakfast (previously known as the Morning Show on Algoa FM) is one of the Eastern Cape celebrities who shared her story on how cancer affected her after losing both her father and her mother to the

Organisers of this year's Nieu Bethesda festival plan to erect a huge mock-up of an oil well on fire, to highlight the environmental dangers of fracking in the Karoo. Festival organiser Paula Kingwill says fracking is a threat to every single

Eastern Cape opposition parties say major surgery is needed to revive the Eastern Cape Health Department. On Wednesday, a parliamentary committee received a grim report about the state of health facilities in the province when the Bhisho Health

 Eastern Cape police have arrested a 16-year-old school boy after finding a pistol and ammunition in his school bag. Police spokesperson, major Ernest Sigobe, says they were acting on a tip off that children at Jongintaba Senior Secondary

South African miners have welcomed a deal to end a weeks-long illegal strike that cost the lives of 45 people, but some observers worried the agreement would set a precedent. The National Union of Mineworkers said the wildcat strike at Lonmin's

 The suicide bomb attack that killed eight South Africans in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday has been described as "an unwarranted waste of life" by the African National Congress. Spokesperson Jackson Mthembu says these wanton and

A man charged with the murder of 65-year old Ria Mills from Great Brak River appeared in court on Thursday. Police captain Malcolm Pojie says 29-year-old Roger Treurnicht was remanded in custody when he appeared in the Mossel Bay magistrate's

The wool market held on to last week's gains with Cape Wools merino indicator closing the day marginally up at Wednesday's sale. The indicator gained 0.3% to close at R88.82 p/km for clean wool. Cape Wools' Ona Viljoen says there was solid

Gauteng motorists will hear on Thursday whether e-tolling will go ahead. That's when the Constitutional Court is expected to decide whether to overturn an interim interdict preventing e-tolling. Earlier this year, the Pretoria High Court