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Nelson Mandela Bay's 2015/16 draft budget has been approved. It shows a 42 million rand surplus, which is a massive turnaround from the previous financial year's budget which reflected a 439 million rand deficit. Councillor Rory

Eastern and Southern Cape residents can look forward to a respite from two days of icy and rainy weather, with the next cold front only expected on Wednesday next week. The Port Elizabeth branch of the  SA weather service reports that clear

Eastern Cape police have welcomed the two life terms imposed on a man who raped and murdered a 14-year-old girl. 48-year-old Lungephi Ngeshweni was sentenced in the Willowvale Regional Magistrate Court on Wednesday. Police spokesperson Captain

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality said Wednesday's unlawful strike action by approximately 250 staff members, predominantly from the Waste Management division, will not be tolerated.  Between 15 and 20 municipal waste removal trucks

Five youths who escaped from a correctional youth centre in George and then brutally attacked a woman,  applied for legal aid in the Mossel Bay Magistrate's  court on Wednesday. The group of teenagers are charged with assaulting 53

East London police are investigating the murders of two men who were shot and killed in their hired vehicle outside Bar Kulcha, a popular night club in Vincent during the early hours of Tuesday morning. Police spokesperson, Captain Mluleki Mbi

Garden Route courts had their hands full this week when three men appeared on charges relating to crimes against children. On Wednesday, the 37-year-old Plettenberg Bay computer engineer briefly appeared in the Knynsa Regional Court for the first

Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor Danny Jordaan is perhaps facing his first real home-ground test on Wednesday. Protesting municipal workers have brought a section of Govan Mbeki Avenue between Russel Road and Evert Street to a standstill

The weather office in Port Elizabeth is reporting good rainfalls in the past 24 hours - up to 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning 17 June.   Weather man Garth Samspon says Port Elizabeth and surrounds received between 16 and 34 millimetres of