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Eastern Cape Transport MEC, Weziwe Tikana and Education MEC, Mandla Makupula, on Thursday held consultative talks with various municipalities on the transformation of the province's scholar transport programme. MEC Tikana says an announcement on

 Eastern Cape police commissioner Celiwe Binta has ordered the suspension of two Constables from New Brighton who were involved in a hit-and-run accident early on Sunday morning. Addressing a media briefing in Nelson Mandela Bay today

 A total of 101 people have been shot and wounded and 36 killed in gang-related violence in the Northern Areas of Port Elizabeth this year. That's according to Eastern Cape Safety, Liaison and Transport MEC, Weziwe Tikana, Replying to a

  Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance MEC, Fikile Xasa, will be briefing stakeholders in the Inkwanca Municipality today on the dissolution of the Municipality. An administrator will then take over the running of the embattled Municipality

 Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism MEC Sakhumzi Somyo has tabled the Gambling and Betting Act Amendment Bill in the Bhisho Legislature. One of the major provision of the legislation is to extend the period of a casino

 The "best of the best" in South Africa's aviation fraternity will converge on Port Elizabeth later this month for the biennial Baywest Port Elizabeth Airshow. The epicentre of the show will this year be at the Air Force Museum in

 The Eastern Cape MEC for Transport, Safety and Liaison, Weziwe Tikana, says statistics show there is an increase in road fatalities and the department will now focus on a yearly run campaign to promote road safety. Tikana will launch the

 Eastern Cape residents could be in for a shock with a higher electricity tariff increase coming into effect from the 1st of July next year than the 7.39% announced and approved by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa. Moneyweb

 The major storage dams supplying Nelson Mandela Bay were at a combined 76.67% of capacity when the latest reading was taken on Monday, marginally up from 76.60% a week earlier. The largest storage dam, the Kouga was at 83.12% of capacity