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The famous Big Tree in Tsitsikamma in the Eastern Cape has been relaunched and opened to the public after a closure of almost three years.The reopening comes as the country's borders is expected to open to the international community.The newly renovated Big Tree is expected to bring much-needed employment and economic development to the area. At…

By Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporterRaleigh, N.C. — Gov. Roy Cooper is candidate Roy Cooper again, running for re-election after a four-year term marked by power struggles with the General Assembly's Republican majority. Early in his term, the state repealed House Bill 2, the notorious law that restricted transgender access to public bathrooms and blocked…

The Grahamstown High Court has sentenced a man to 20 years in jail for killing his 74-year-old mother. Kwanele Mqeni, 36, was sentenced on Friday. Mqeni was out on a warning on another separate matter for assaulting family members. Police spokesperson Captain Jackson Manatha said Mqeni killed his mother hours after being released from prison. Manatha said, in July…

(Jackie Clausen/Gallo Images) A man who robbed a police officer and set his house alight with him inside has been handed a life sentence plus 65 years for various charges.Sergeant Sthembiso Dusse, 35, was murdered at his house in Esikhaleni in 2016.The killer was sentenced only hours before another officer was murdered during a shootout…

Three people found guilty of attempting to defraud the Royal Bafokeng Trust Fund of R500 million have each been sentenced to 15 years behind bars. Mario Marco, Getty Images Three people have each been sentenced for 15 years after attempting to defraud a trust fund of R500 million.They pretended to be signatories and attempted to…