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Six fraud cases have been laid by George residents against a businesswoman from Pacaltsdorp who has been reported missing by her husband.

For years residents of Makhanda have endured water outages. Upgrades to a water treatment plant are six years behind schedule.

Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Health will conclude the nationwide public hearings on the so-called Tobacco Bill, in the Eastern Cape this weekend.

The trial of a former Gqeberha attorney who allegedly stole from his clients will start in the city's Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Friday.

The R24 million fraud trial against Nelson Mandela Bay's City Manager, Noxolo Nqwazi, and her co-accused were on the court roll of the Gqeberha Commercial Crimes Court again on Thursday.

One of the Gqeberha businessmen who was abducted on Tuesday was found alive on Wednesday afternoon, while another is still missing.

It has been 10 days since a woman from Pacaltsdorp boarded a Bolt to take her to a medical facility in George, never to be seen again. Police spokesperson Sergeant Chris Spies says 63-year-old Benit Joy Brink-Lawrence also known as Bonny, left her home on the 15th of January.

A juvenile King Penguin from Antarctica arrived in Dana Bay on Wednesday.

The hospital ship, Africa Mercy, is set to sail to Madagascar on Thursday after undergoing extensive repairs and maintenance in Durban and East London.