As the world celebrates the 104th birthday of one of its most iconic sons, the Royal House of Mandela is encouraging South Africans to focus on food security and climate change on Nelson Mandela International Day.
An activist father used his own grief, and Nelson Mandela’s sacrifices, to power through a gruelling eight-day charity race to raise funds for needy youngsters. In his heart, Pastor Masilo Metsing dedicated the 400km run from Dikeni to Mthatha to his murdered 18-year-old son Malcolm Oliphant, saying his son would not have wanted him to pull out of the race.
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Tragedy has again struck the Dale school community with the death of two primary school pupils in a crash on the N2 on Tuesday afternoon. The Dale Junior U13 hockey team was travelling from East London after playing a match against Stirling Primary when the driver lost control of the vehicle. Twelve pupils were critically injured, and have been transported to hospitals in East London and Mdantsane.