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Residents of Kamesh in Uitenhage took to the streets Wednesday night in another round of protests reportedly linked to ongoing housing demands. Police were out in force again as residents set up barricades and threw stones in several roads in the

The ANC in the Eastern Cape has called on the government to institute disciplinary proceedings against officials named in the Public Protector's report on government spending on presidents Jacob Zuma's Nkandla private residence. Advocate Thuli

National Union of Metal workers embarked on marches country-wide on Wednesday to support the call for jobs for youths. Led by NUMSA President, Andrew Chirwa, the march started at Nangoza Jeba Hall in New Brighton to Vuyisile Mini Square in

Yolande Stander Plettenberg Bay has become the latest town to join StreetSmart South Africa in a bid to uplift street children. This only weeks after local residents started a petition to convince local authorities to help homeless children in

A 38-year-old Uitenhage man, Dawid Booysen, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a five-year-old girl who went to his house to ask for some bread. Booysen was also sentenced on Wednesday by Judge Dyalin Chetty to five years

Two people have been killed and two others were wounded in several gang-related shootings reported by police in Nelson Mandela Bay over the past 24 hours. Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Alwin Labans, says a 47-year-old man died in hospital

Yolande Stander Eight informal homes were destroyed in a blaze that swept through Qolweni township on the outskirts of Plettenberg Bay. The fire broke out at about 3am on Wednesday and according to Otto Olivier from Plett Security, who was on

Organisers are confident of putting together a more positive Splash festival in Nelson Mandela Bay next month than last year when the tender to organise the event was awarded at the 11th hour. The 2014 Nelson Mandela Bay Splash festival will

 The Eastern Cape features prominently in a travel map that encourages tourists from around the world to come to South Africa to walk in former president Nelson Mandela's footsteps. Tourism Minister, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, today launched