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Buffalo City Metro has assured motorists traveling in the region this summer of the City's unwavering commitment to ensure their safety.

The people of Engcobo in the Eastern Cape have waited seven years for a decent sportsground, and they will probably have to wait years more before the local municipality delivers on its promises.

EC's fiscal outlook remains constrained, mainly due to the economy that is not growing at the expected rate.

The Gqeberha woman who allegedly hatched an elaborate plan to kill her ex-husband has launched an appeal against a Magistrate's refusal to grant her bail.

An Eastern Cape police official and an alleged accomplice appeared in the East London Magistrates Court on Wednesday for their alleged attempt to defraud the Road Accident Fund (RAF). Hawks spokesperson Captain Yolisa Mgolodela says 50-year-old Warrant Officer Mandlenkosi Njekanye and 45-year-old Xolani Somtsewu are accused of trying to claim for an accident by changing the report that would have prejudiced the RAF to a cash value of nearly R5 million.

The country's oldest continuously licensed pub is up for sale in the Eastern Cape.

Seven Eastern Cape hospitals, including the two provincial hospitals in Gqeberha and Kariega, are mentioned in a damning Freedom Front Plus report detailing allegations of human rights abuses, an utter decline in service delivery and infrastructure, "as well as staff incompetence and an indifferent attitude towards the plight and suffering of patients".

A 32-year-old man is due to appear in court in Mdantsane in East London on Wednesday for allegedly killing three teenagers on Sunday night.