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A new female cheetah has been released into Mountain Zebra National Park outside Cradock, introducing new genes into the park in the process. The four-year-old female arrived in the Park from the Dinokeng Game Reserve in Gauteng in July and has

HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, CUSTOMER CARE AND SCM CONTRACTS STAFF EMBARK ON ILLEGAL STRIKE The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality today experienced illegal strike action in its Human Settlements Directorate, Customer Care Division and Supply Chain Management

Neighbours of the seven family members who died in a shack fire at Wells Estate in Port Elizabeth early Wednesday morning, spoke of their frantic efforts to extinguish the raging fire using just buckets of water. Long-time neighbour of the Jamane

The state has withdrawn charges against 31-year-old Thando Siyoni, the alleged middleman in the murder of Port Elizabeth teacher, Jayde Panayiotou. Siyoni appeared in court on Tuesday where the charges against him were withdrawn after it was

Port Elizabeth police are using water cannon to extinguish burning tyres and debris placed on Heugh Road by protestors from Walmer Township on Wednesday morning.  Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says the situation is calm at the moment but

An Eastern Cape woman has been jailed for 10 years for stealing more than R1.5 million rand from a group of Grahamstown advocates. Thirty-three-year-old Thalitha Berriman was jailed in the PE Commercial Crimes court on Tuesday in terms of a plea

Port Elizabeth police are searching for a gunman who shot and killed a security guard in broad daylight on Tuesday afternoon. Police spokesperson, Captain Sandra Janse Van Rensburg, says 37 year-old Petrus van Niekerk of Algoa Park was preparing

A sentenced prisoner who escaped from the Knynsa Prison has been rearrested. Police have confirmed that Nickroy November was arrested in Plettenberg Bay. November, who was serving time for housebreaking and theft, escaped from the Knysna

A trial date has been set for an East London caregiver who is charged with the much-publicised attack on an elderly woman in an upmarket East London retirement home. An East London Magistrate ordered that the case against 40-year-old Ncediswa