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Seven members of an Eastern Cape family have been gunned down near Qunu. Stock photo.Image: 123RF/FERNANDO GREGORY MILAN

Seven family members gunned down while preparing for relative’s funeral

Seven relatives, aged between 29 and 79, were gunned down while mourning the death of another family member near Qunu in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday night. The group was allegedly attacked by armed gunmen in Tantseka village in Sithebe…

ULP95 petrol is expected to be lower by around R2.35/l while ULP93 is set for a drop of around R2.18/l. Diesel is expected to drop by between 77c and 87c while illuminating paraffin will drop by around 82c/l.Image: jarun/123rf

September ushers in welcome relief at the petrol pumps

Despite recent rand weakness against the US dollar, the average exchange rate against the US currency is favourable and fuel prices in the country are expected to decrease significantly when adjusted next week. The Automobile Association…

Mourners at the mass funeral for the 21 children killed at Enyobeni Tavern’s on June 26.Image: ALAN EASON

BREAKING | Health department refuses to release ‘confidential’ Enyobeni cause of death

Eastern Cape health department has decided to remain mum to the public regarding the toxicology results of the Enyobeni Tavern tragedy in anticipation of “legal processes that might follow.” Families of the 21 youngsters who died at the…

Three brand new MECs had joined Premier Oscar Mabuyane’s new cabinet after they were sworn in in Bhisho on Tuesday.Image: SUPPLIED

Three new MECs join Mabuyane’s cabinet

Three brand new MECs had joined Premier Oscar Mabuyane’s new cabinet after they were sworn in Bhisho on Tuesday. The three, Zolile Williams, Bukiwe Fanta and Ntombovuyo Nkompane joined the cabinet to take up seats left vacant by the…

Family gather in the home where a mother and her two daughters were shot dead.Image: LULAMILE FENI

Eastern Cape mom and teen daughters ‘executed’

An Eastern Cape woman and her two young daughters were found dead in a pool of blood on Wednesday. Her one-year-old grandchild, still alive, was sitting quietly with their bodies. The three had been shot execution-style in the back of…

Bulelani Koyo.Image: Facebook

Royalties from gospel stars’ tribute song to Umhlobo Wenene’s Koyo, to go to his daughter

Not even grief and a tight load-shedding schedule could deter six gospel artists from recording a tribute song to the late Bulelani Koyo. Gospel singers Yolanda Vuthela, Mawethu Madikiza, Asithandile Gantana, Nthethelelo Faku, Thembinkosi…

President Cyril Ramaphosa attended the mass funeral for the victims of the Enyobeni tavern tragedy held at the Scenery Park sports gardens on Wednesday.Image: ALAN EASON

Enyobeni tragedy could have been prevented

Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane said the tragedy that occurred at Enyobeni tavern where 21 children lost their in June 26 could have been avoided. Mabuyane was speaking at the mass funeral where 19 of the deceased youngsters is held…

Petrol and diesel are going up by more than R2 per litre this week. File photo.Image: Vladyslav Starozhylov/123rf

Steep fuel hike another body blow to consumers

South Africans are reeling in disbelief that, amid the current economic crisis, a steep fuel hike kicks in at midnight on Tuesday. On Monday, the department of mineral resources & energy announced the price of 93 octane petrol will go up…

Police, emergency services, parents and onlookers have filled the streets near Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery Park, where at least 22 people have been killed.

Parents demand access to bodies of 22 found dead at East London tavern

Police are refusing parents access to the bodies of their children after they were killed in an as yet unknown tragedy that has left at least 22 people dead at an East London tavern. The cause of the deaths at Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery…

STRONGER TOGETHER: Germaine and Yentl Gamiet celebrate their son Oliver’s fourth birthday in superhero style.Image: SUPPLIED

From Buffalo Flats to Red Cross Hospital paediatric surgeon, Dr Yentl Gamiet achieves her dream

‘In the medical field you have a sacrificial responsibility,’ she says of facing Covid-19, cancer and the listeria outbreak when giving birth to her son Yentl Gamiet grew up in Buffalo Flats with one dream — to become a medical doctor.…

Masixole Ndzube was convicted of arson and five cases of murder by the Bhisho High Court.Image: ZIYANDA ZWENI

BREAKING | Eastern Cape man guilty of burning girlfriend and four others to death

Masixole Ndzube was on Friday morning found guilty of torching five people, including his girlfriend, to death. Ndzube, 32, was further found guilty of arson and assault of his girlfriend, Kulakazi Mpitimpiti of Joe Slove location in…

The 53c price increase applies to both grades of petrol, with 93 unleaded rising to R19.89/l and 95 unleaded increasing to R20.14/l in Gauteng.Image: Supplied

Bad news for motorists: fuel prices to be hiked on Wednesday

Motorists will be hit with major fuel price hikes on Wednesday, with petrol going up 53c/l and diesel by up to 80c. Illuminating paraffin rises by 101c/l. The department of mineral resources and energy reported that the rand appreciated…

A recent study shows the cessation of the child support grant increases depressive symptoms in adolescents.

Collect your outstanding R350 Covid-19 grant payment before month-end or it will be forfeited, Sassa warns

On Wednesday, the agency said if payments are not collected by the end of the month, they will be sent back to the National Treasury to fund other “government priorities”. “Uncollected special Covid-19 SRD grants from the previous cycle…

THE WAY IT WAS: Siya Kolisi, left, and Elton Jantjies during the Springbok team captains run at St Stithians on Thursday in JohannesburgPicture: SYDNEY SESHIBEDI/ GALL IMAGES

Kolisi wants return of ‘warrior’ Boks

Captain Siya Kolisi has challenged the Springboks to be “warriors” and says it will be more of the same when they host Georgia in their first Test for 20 months on Friday, with his side set to adopt the plan that won them the 2019 Rugby…

Wayde van Niekerk has qualified in the 400m for the Tokyo OlympicsPicture: Frikkie Kapp/BackpagePix

Wayde van Niekerk qualifies at last for Tokyo, but Caster Semenya misses again

The good news is that Wayde van Niekerk finally qualified in the 400m for the Tokyo Olympics, but the bad news is that he was beaten on the line in Madrid on Saturday night. The reigning Games champion and owner of the 43.03 sec world…