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A well-known artist from the Mossel Bay area has been admitted to hospital after being assaulted by five youths at her home near Gouritz Bridge. The woman sustained multiple injuries and was admitted to hospital in George. On Monday police

A former SARS employee, 52-year-old Petrus Meyer has made yet another brief appearance in the Port Elizabeth Commercial Crimes Court. The Despatch resident is accused of defrauding the SA Revenue Service of more than R6 million between June 2007

A South African movie filmed in George last year has won the award for the best full-length feature film at the Sabaoth International Film Festival in Milan, Italy. Movie director, Frans Cronje, says Born to Win was not made to win awards but to

A former Port Elizabeth policeman has been sentenced to an effective eight years imprisonment in the Port Elizabeth Commercial Crimes Court. Former Lieutenant Gibson Sam, who was stationed at Algoa Park, was sentenced on Tuesday on four counts of

The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds says it continues to wash and rehabilitate 30 endangered African penguins and four penguin chicks, following a mystery oil spill in Algoa Bay. The birds were admitted to

Five people have been killed in a minibus taxi accident near Aliwal North. Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Vuyani Mapolisa says the accident happened at about 6pm on Monday night on the R58. The vehicle reportedly lost control and

A former SA Revenue Services employee is due to appear in the Port Elizabeth Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday. Petrus Meyer, a former client analyst at SARS, is accused of assisting jailed businessman Arthur Webb to defraud SARS of more than R6

Nelson Mandela Bay is set for an economic boost when it hosts the Biennial Congress of The South African Society of Travel Medicine in September. Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism CEO, Mandlakzi Skefile, announced on Monday that the Metro had been

The hunt is still on for a fully grown male lion who escaped from the Karoo National Park outside Beaufort West last Friday. SA National Parks says its believed that the three-year-old had been forced out of the park by older males. Its