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GUY ROGERS Concerns raised after second incident in province in matter of days Rhino poachers have struck again in the Eastern Cape, killing a mother and leaving her calf orphaned. This time the incident took place at the Great Fish River…
GUY ROGERS A key new nature reserve has been unveiled and fences have been lowered in a pioneering conservation corridor on the Bushman’s River which has the backing of a powerful US investor. The two events were celebrated at a muddy but…
STEVEN LANG Rhodes University students and Makhanda citizens braved a misty drizzle to express their frustration with the way leaders of the Makana Municipality Council are doing their jobs. Students began gathering on Wdnesday February…
GEORGE BYRON Border’s newest generation of exciting young stars claimed precious log points and derby bragging rights when they beat arch-rivals EP 34-24 in an SA Rugby U21 Shield rugby clash in Klipfontein on Saturday. This had been a…
SIPHOKAZI MNYOBE There was a sombre atmosphere in George on Wednesday morning as exhausted rescue workers and volunteers continued to soldier on hoping to bring some solace to the families of construction workers stuck under a collapsed…
GUY ROGERS Journalism is here to stay — but regional newspapers must focus on making a difference locally, and forging an identity and improving staff skills within that paradigm. That was the message from the Press Freedom Day Webinar…
Meta Platforms-owned Facebook and Instagram are down for hundreds of thousands of users across the globe on Tuesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. The disruptions started around 10:00 am ET, with more than 300,000…
Screeching tyres, horrifying screams, and then silence — this is how a witness vividly described a peak-hour accident that resulted in a traffic cop being struck and killed by a manganese ore truck on the N2 in Kinkelbos on Tuesday…
GUY ROGERS The NSPCA, South Africa’s biggest animal welfare organisation, has called for a review of the environment department’s authorisation of CGG’s application to conduct a seismic survey off the coast of the southeastern Cape. The…
South Africa is home to 62-million people as of 2022, more than 10-million more than the 51.7-million counted in 2011. Of these, more than half — 31,948-million or 51.5% — are female, while 30,078-million are male. Education levels are a…
Thirteen Nelson Mandela University students spent the night behind bars after heated exchanges between protesting students and police played out in the streets of Summerstrand on Tuesday. The chaotic scenes erupted at midmorning after…
Nelson Mandela University scientist Dr Jabulani Mnyango has found an eco-friendly method to recover high-quality rubber from end-of-life tyres using wild garlic. Old car tyres are a huge waste problem in SA. The recycling challenge,…
Organisation points to vital role of the animal to ecology, economy, job-creation By GUY ROGERS The Wilderness Foundation has offered a reward in an effort to put the brakes on the recent spate of rhino poaching in the Eastern Cape.…
BY LWAZI HLANGU Police minister Bheki Cele has urged law enforcement officers to enforce the law but withstanding provocation after Julius Malema’s “war statement” ahead of Monday’s national shutdown. Cele said the EFF leader’s call for…
GUY ROGERS Amid a new flare-up of rabies in Nelson Mandela Bay, the SA Veterinary Association has emphasised the call for pet owners to get their animals vaccinated. Veterinarian Dr Paul van der Merwe said on Tuesday on the eve of World…
