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Steve Hair feeds wild Knysna turaco from his kitchen in a self-built timber home is in the hills above Wilderness. Video: SUPPLIED
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Commotion broke out outside the magistrate’s court in Dikeni and livid protesters demanded to be given the three people accused of the murder of a teen who was found burnt into ashes more than 100km away from her home. Video: ZIYANDA ZWENI
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Farmer Mabhozo Yilo, 64 who has had a stroke, had 90 of of his sheep killed by a wildfire, while others were injured at Zilandana village in Qumbu. Video: LULAMILE FENI
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Zamile Madala, 94, writes his own songs. Video: ZIYANDA ZWENI
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A worried EC ANC chair Oscar Mabuyane reflecting on the performance of uMkhonto weSizwe party. Nationally, ANC is just above 40% with more than three million votes counted so far. The MK party is standing at number three with more than 700,000 votes. Video: ZIYANDA ZWENI
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Bongani Mgidlana, 54, from Cwili township in Kei Mouth got the shock of his life when he did not appear in IEC register at his location. He was told to check at the Civic center where he appeared and was able to cast his vote. Video: BOMIKAZI MDIYA
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Former two-weight world boxing champion Zolani Tete called for the government to fix sporting facilities and to financially assist the sport of boxing in the Eastern Cape in order to produce more world champions. Video: ANATHI WULUSHE
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Premier Oscar Mabuyane explaining why he decided to vote at his rural home of Deberha in Ngcobo rather than in East London where he resides. He says it is where he started a preschool as the Ncedo lwethu Community project of the branch secretary. Video: LULAMILE FENI
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89 year-old pensioner Cathy Futter from Kennersley Park Retirement village says she has participated in elections since the age of 16. Video: MANDILAKHE KWABABANA
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Special voter Judy Malherbe has cast her vote in Beacon Bay this morning. She says she voting for the better of the country. Video: ZIYANDA ZWENI
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Maclear Hospital chief executive Dr Ngazibini Lulamele Mashiyi said had to work under extremely tense conditions with firearms everywhere.
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Ex Uncedo Service Taxi Assoc president Ntsikelelo Gaehler (mic), Santaco provincial chair Zola Bishop Yolelo (back, dark cap), Uncedo president Fuzile Mtshengele (tall, black cap), Uncedo Elliotdale chair Ntuthuzelo Tilikana at ANC rally in Elliotdale. VIDEO: LULAMILE FENI
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Foreign nationals running stores in town and villages say they are under siege from criminals who rob them and demand a security fee. VIDEO: LULAMILE FENI
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AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo meeting with the EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu at the King's home in Nkululekweni in Mthatha on Sunday. Video: SUPPLIED
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One person died while two sustained minor injuries when after an SUV collided with a truck on the R72 between Igoda Mouth and Kidds Beach. VIDEO : SUPPLIED
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Irate taxi drivers and hawkers using the East London CBD taxi rank known as Ebuhlanti, or the Tsholomnqa taxi rank, are accusing Buffalo City Metro of failing to keep up to its promise.🎥 MANDILAKHE KWABABANA
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Frustrated and desperate residents of Gxarha (formerly Morgan Bay) and Kei Mouth had to take matters into their own hands to bring back water and lights to some parts after being without the essential services for almost a week.
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WATCH | Pupils and teachers at Lwandisa Primary School are risking their lives to attend classes at a dilapidated school. The Mdantsane-based school has been badly affected by strong winds for five years, some classrooms are roofless. @Dispatch_DD
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Regulars of Scenery Park tavern Kwa-Mnguni were served a different kind of music on Sunday afternoon when the township’s opera choir took centre stage.
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South African archer, Caley Kent-Brown, in training ahead of a busy season.
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