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A 15-year-old girl allegedly held hostage and gang-raped managed to escape, only to be turned away from a Motherwell clinic and told to first go to a police station where she later died. heraldlive.co.za/news/2022-0…
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DA federal council chair Helen Zille was dragged out of the Fernwood Primary School voting station in Bethelsdorp by the police on Monday.
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Snowfall on the Lootsberg Pass between Graaff-Reinet and Middelburg may force the closure of the pass, according to EC transport spokesperson Unathi Binqose.
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In less than a week of its global release, the new Netflix original series Blood and Water — led by Eastern Cape actress Amamkele Qamata — has made history by being the first SA show to rank at No 1 in the US. heraldlive.co.za/news/2020-0…
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IN THE HERALD TOMORROW: A Gqeberha-born former flying squad member, who took up arms on the Ukrainian frontlines determined to help protect the nation, has died. Peter “Pete” Fouche, 49, died in the east of Ukraine in a hail of shrapnel from a Russian missile strike.
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Zizi #Kodwa catches a woman in an #EFF t-shirt and asks her to "come back to the #ANC".
The woman shakes her head and says she's committed to her new party.
He asks her what would convince her and she responds: "ndilambile". #NMBCouncil
📷: @Zima_B_Nkosi
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The EFF Student Command has won student representative elections at four of NMU's five campuses. heraldlive.co.za/news/2021-0…
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Pupils are protesting at Victoria Park High School this morning over allegations of racism.
📹 @ecoetzee
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DA leader John Steenhuisen on Friday called for an end to the national lockdown.
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Members of the EFF protested peacefully outside J.A Floral Distributors in Fairview on Friday afternoon after allegations emerged that four staff members had been made to pull down their panties and reveal their menstrual statuses to their boss. heraldlive.co.za/news/2020-0…
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Less than two weeks after he left the Big Brother Mzansi House, Nelson Mandela Bay’s Libo Njomba has hit the ground running and is achieving his dream of modelling for acclaimed SA fashion designer David Tlale. heraldlive.co.za/news/2022-0…
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Members of the Stellenbosch University choir enjoyed a pleasant surprise when they not only got to meet “big fan” Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, but also got in on a heartwarming group hug with the erstwhile British royal. heraldlive.co.za/news/2023-0…
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IN HERALD TOMORROW: Protection fees are being demanded from children as young as six.
If they do not pay up, their school life becomes a nightmare as their lunch boxes are taken and they are bullied by older peers who bring bullet cartridges to school as an intimidation tactic.
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Andile Lungisa says he is not suited to the unpalatable food, uncomfortable sleeping arrangements, risk of violence and degrading ablution facilities that come with a prison sentence.
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The Levyvale SuperSPAR in Kariega had to close for more than two hours when the EFF staged a picket outside the shop demanding an audience with the owners about workers’ grievances. heraldlive.co.za/news/2023-0…
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EFF president Julius Malema and his deputy Floyd Shivambu arrived at Njoli Square for a public meeting - reports @Liefie_Pink
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ANC councillor Andile Lungisa was appointed mayoral committee member in charge of infrastructure and engineering. While an ordinary member of the committee, Lungisa never attend any of the portfolio meetings. We confronted him on his non-attendance. This is what he had to say:
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A woman who allegedly pointed a gun at EFF protesters outside the Walmer Park Clicks on Tuesday is now facing a possible charge after the EFF laid a criminal complaint against her. heraldlive.co.za/news/2020-0…
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A case against DA PR councillor Eldridge Ruiters for repainting road markings in his hometown of Aberdeen was withdrawn from the court’s roll after the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality failed to produce the bylaw he allegedly violated. heraldlive.co.za/news/2024-1…
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JUST IN | Former Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Mongameli Bobani has died. heraldlive.co.za/news/2020-1…
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The #FafChallenge has come to PE. A group of supporters hope to catch the @Springboks wearing THOSE broeks made famous by #FafdeKlerk
#SpringboksTour #BoksInTheBay
📷 @Nazi_Buso
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Former ANC Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Andile Lungisa has been ordered by the high court in Gqeberha to pay DA councillor Rano Kayser R844,000 for an October 2016 assault. heraldlive.co.za/news/2021-0…
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EFF Member of the national assembly Mbuyiseni Ndlozi wishes mothers a happy mother's day during his church visit at Arthur Wellington Methodist Church at New Brighton this morning. 📹 @sonic303
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A young Port Elizabeth woman, born and bred in Schauderville, has become the first African woman to work as a qualified submarine navigator.
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Former Eastern Cape DA leader Nqaba Bhanga has accused the party's federal council chair Helen Zille of keeping "files on black people".heraldlive.co.za/news/politi…
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JUST IN | A foreign national has been shot in in Plettenberg Bay’s Kwanokuthula Township. The town has been marred by operation Dudula operatives where foreign nationals have been given a deadline to leave the township by Thursday, reports @nazthejourno
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Charismatic Cowan High School teacher, Uyanda Hlangabezo who was a finalist in the reality TV show Big Brother Mzansi is about to land to a Heroes welcome at the Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport in Gqeberha
📹 @sonic303
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On Wednesday the EFF in Nelson Mandela Bay led a march to City Hall demanding 120 security guards be in sourced by the Metro.
📸: @ecoetzee
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Zuliswa Maqana danced on her way out of Groote Schuur Hospital after spending 77 days being treated for Covid-19 — at times barely able to talk or walk.
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JUST IN | Nelson Mandela Bay GOOD councillor Lawrence Troon has been ordered to pay EFF regional chairperson and councillor Khanya Ngqisha R130,000 in damages reports @Zima_B_Nkosi
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Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has launched a blistering attack on President Cyril Ramaphosa, calling him a "confidence trickster" and a "political swindler".heraldlive.co.za/news/politi…
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Stand up Zwide your champ is home #SpringboksTour #BoksInTheBay
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Long queues outside Nelson Mandela Bay liquor stores today, as a voice note circulated on social media alleged that President Cyril Ramaphosa would implement another alcohol ban.
There has been no communication from the presidency of an announcement tonight.
📷: @wernerhills
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From deciding what to do on a Friday night to analysing Christmas lunch and commenting on his newest haircut, Kuhle Sonkosi’s videos have proven that everything is worth a TV interview. heraldlive.co.za/news/2021-0…
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Pupils at Kama Primary School in New Brighton kicking off the new school year in song. 📹 @zizonke_intombi
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That time #WeekenPost featured @TakaTina1 and nobody believed him. But it's true, fam... No houses were bombed, and no corpses were held hostage in the writing of this feature. Read all about your latest favourite tweleb here:
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Trollip wins defamation court case
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JUST IN | Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Mongameli #Bobani has been ousted through a motion of no confidence.
This is a developing story.
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Police minister Bheki Cele says the number of South Africans in the country’s 243 prisons indicates foreign nationals are not the problem regarding crime. heraldlive.co.za/news/2022-0…
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Gqeberha student Wamkelwe Mdzanga has written a story, A Game Lonwabo Can Play, to help children understand how to interact with other children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
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IN PICS | Inside Dora Nginza's overflowing maternity ward where some women have been waiting for up to 16 days to deliver their babies via caesarean.
Nurses at the hospital are on day 5 of a go-slow.
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Manager axed after panty search at popular Port Elizabeth store heraldlive.co.za/weekend-pos…
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The DA Student Organisation is back at the helm of Nelson Mandela University's student body after it won the Student Representative Council election by a landslide on Tuesday.
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Members of the northern areas community have vowed to protect Cleary Park Shopping Centre from protesters and looters. The centre was closed as a precaution on Monday afternoon and is expected to remain closed on Tuesday.
📷 @ecoetzee
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The ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay has given Andile Lungisa 72 hours to resign from the council and step down as a task team member of the party’s Ward 2 branch.
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Kannaland municipality’s ex acting municipal manager, Keith Jordaan, is in hot water after sharing a video of a white man putting his entire head in a bag of charcoal to blacken his face and captioned it “getting ready for my new job interview”.
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VWSA head of engineering Dr Joost Kessels says the ventilator was built at the Uitenhage plant and they can build about 1000 a day. He says they use a Polo Vivo wiper motor to drive the machine #Covid19SA
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Motherwell High School pupil Matladi Sithunda, who lost her father, grandfather and uncle last year, still came out tops and achieved seven distinctions. #MatricResults2018
📹 @Nazi_Buso
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Taxi owners and drivers have gathered at the Gqeberha city hall; they are saying no to the looting of business properties. #ShutdownSouthAfrica #NoToLooting
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Nomathamsanqa Nango 41 (left) Luxolo Nango 33 who lives in Chris Hani's informal settlement said they were going to vote for the EFF during the door to door campaign led by Ndlozi. 📹 @sonic303
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JUST IN : Andile Lungisa’s appeal against his conviction and effective two year jail sentence has been dismissed in the Grahamstown High Court.
This is a developing story.
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The EFF’s student command victory at Nelson Mandela University is what the future holds for Nelson Mandela Bay. heraldlive.co.za/news/politi…
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Correctional services officials confiscated cellphones, TVs, and about R4,000 in cash during a surprise early morning raid at St Albans prison on Monday. heraldlive.co.za/news/2024-0…
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WATCH | Newly crowned #MissSA2019 Zozibini Tunza from the Eastern Cape saying she is privileged to represent the province. This was taken when EC Premier, Oscar Mabuyane, visited them last week.
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Pupils at Soqhayisa SSS in Motherwell are celebrating a 100% matric pass rate this morning, the fourth consecutive 100% pass rate.
They are among thousands of pupils flocking to schools around the country today to receive their results.
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JUST IN | Andile Lungisa has been granted bail in the high court in Makhanda.
This is a developing story.
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Pupils are protesting at Victoria Park High School this morning over allegations of racism.
📹 @ecoetzee
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JUST IN | The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed Andile Lungisa's appeal against his sentence of an effective two years imprisonment.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow steps out of a Hong Kong correctional services vehicle after being released from the Tai Lam Correctional Institution in Tuen Mun district on June 12 2021 in Hong Kong, China. heraldlive.co.za/news/world/…
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The rape charge against former EFF Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Zilindile Vena was dismissed by a Gqeberha magistrate on Tuesday. heraldlive.co.za/news/2021-0…
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US-based actress Nomzamo Mbatha has revealed that with people's support, they have helped raise $10m (about R149m) for the CottonOn Foundation to support society's most marginalised and vulnerable.
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JUST IN | The Hawks in the Eastern Cape will be effecting arrests in Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday for fraud, money laundering and contravention of MFMA-related charges, reports @YolandaPalezwe1
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School governing body members at a Nelson Mandela Bay school have allegedly been dipping into funds meant to feed disadvantaged pupils, stocking up their own pantries at home — and even attempting to buy booze. heraldlive.co.za/news/2022-1…
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A group of 48 leading scientists have come out in support of Professor Glenda Gray after a senior health official called for her to be investigated for daring to criticise the government's lockdown strategy. heraldlive.co.za/news/2020-0…
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Legal experts say community checkpoints — set up by Durban residents to protect communities against unrest and looting — are illegal and contrary to the constitution. heraldlive.co.za/news/2021-0…
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It will be a two-horse race when residents elect a new councillor for New Brighton next week, with the ANC and EFF going head to head in the fight for control of the ward. heraldlive.co.za/news/politi…
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Trollip wins defamation case over farm staff bit.ly/2NLvt63
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An Eastern Cape-born businessman who has worked his way up from being a cleaner wants to disrupt the car dealership industry with his new business, Avari Cars. heraldlive.co.za/business/20…
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The Patriotic Alliance (PA) has withdrawn its two councillors from the DA-led coalition running the Knysna municipality, potentially threatening its control of the Garden Route town heraldlive.co.za/weekend-pos…
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The EFF in the Eastern Cape are embarking on a provincial #WeCantBreathe solidarity march this morning. EFF provincial chair @Yazini13 is leading the NMB leg of the march alongside regional chair Amandlangawethu Madaka reports @Zima_B_Nkosi #EFFBLMProtest
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WATCH| @SiyaKolisi_Bear and his wife Rachel assist with putting information flyers written in isiXhosa about Covid-19 in the food parcels to be handed out in Zwide.
The Kolisi Foundation partnered with the Imbumba and the Old Mutual foundation for the donations.
📸: @sonic303
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Kgothatso Montjane may not have won the Wimbledon wheelchair singles final on Sunday night but the Limpopo-born player's star shone bright as she battled top seed and world number one Diede de Groot in the championship-deciding match. heraldlive.co.za/sport/2021-…
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Known for his compassion, his wide smile and his advocacy on behalf of his patients, the death of renowned paediatric cardiologist Lungile Pepeta has sent shockwaves through Nelson Mandela Bay.
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JUST IN | The office of the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DDPP) in Port Elizabeth has withdrawn the criminal charge against a woman who pointed a firearm at EFF protesters outside a Clicks store in the city earlier this year. heraldlive.co.za/news/2020-1…
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Cigarette manufacturing company British American Tobacco South Africa (Batsa) has filed papers in the Western Cape High Court challenging the ongoing ban on tobacco sales.
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Earlier this week Eastern Cape premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane asked Dora Nginza hospital's obstetrics & gynaecology department if they've done the
#JerusalemaDanceChallenge and today they've responded.
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Arthur Wellington Methodist Church Reverend Siyabonga Mazaleni prayed for Ndlozi saying they respected him because of the position he been given by God and South Africa needs the energy of the youth. 📹 @sonic303
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Nelson Mandela University Faculty of Health Sciences students formed a silent guard of honour outside the Summerstrand home of the late Dr Lungile Pepeta on Sunday.📸@WernerHills
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JUST IN | Pastor Timothy Omotoso and his co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho bow in prayer after being found not guilty on all charges in the high court in Gqeberha.
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The @Springboks - #RWC2019Champions - have arrived in Port Elizabeth. #SpringboksTour #BoksInTheBay
📹 Fredlin Adriaan
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A group of South African doctors and medical practitioners has launched an urgent court application seeking wide-ranging orders to enable them to personally use, and prescribe to their patients, ivermectin.
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The #UyineneMrwetyana Foundation launch is currently underway at the High-Performance Centre at Kingswood College.
Pastor Lorreta Mkati opens with a prayer.
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Following an outbreak with food related diseases in the Metro, #NMBM in partnership with SAPS, dept of Home Affairs and the dept of Justice are conducting an operation to check for compliance in food safety in local supermarkets in Kariega, writes @YolandaPalezwe1
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Police constables in handcuffs after 'stealing' taxi cargo of poached abalone
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New EFF MP Yoliswa Yako is ‘voice for voiceless’ heraldlive.co.za/weekend-pos…
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DA provincial leader Andrew Whitfield has labelled the no-confidence motion to remove Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Retief Odendaal as a thinly veiled front to loot the city coffers. heraldlive.co.za/news/politi…
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Gqeberha police have appealed for assistance in finding a 12-year-old girl who went missing from her Walmer home on Tuesday. heraldlive.co.za/news/2021-0…
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A gay man’s mutilated and burnt remains have been discovered in a shallow grave, only a few paces from his alleged killer’s front door.
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WATCH | Nobahle Gubevu,70, was one of the recipients of the food parcels. She was shocked and thankful when she realised that the Springbok captain visited her home to donate food parcels.
There are 8 people in her household who all didn't have masks/sanitizers.
📹: @sonic303
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He may have commanded the attention — and softened the hearts — of many viewers at first sight, but to his family and friends Big Brother Mzansi contestant Libo Njomba is more than just eye candy. heraldlive.co.za/news/2022-0…
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WATCH | Speaker slashes Eastern Cape SOPA budget from R5m to R700,000 heraldlive.co.za/news/politi…
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Staff at Khwezi Lomso Comprehensive School celebrate as the principal arrives with the school's results. The school has achieved a pass rate of 82%, reports @MalondeZama #MatricResults2020
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A small group of people celebrate at #BaywestMall after it was announced that the controversial movie #Inxeba (#TheWound) has been suspended at Ster-Kinekor Baywest. bit.ly/2nxTUtn
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Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane has been cleared of Covid-19‚ and can resume coaching the Cairo giants after testing positive just less than two weeks ago.
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Yolanda Norongwana of Douglas Mbopa High School is one of the Eastern Cape top achievers. Norongwana received six distinctions and an average of 86%. Norongwana said she will be heading to UCT where she will be studying Bcom Accounting. #MatricResults19
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Social media sensation Lonalinamandla Bawuti, 27, has landed a spot in a new isiXhosa telenovela. heraldlive.co.za/news/2022-1…
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