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 A top Somali government official says the recent incidents of violence against Somalis in Nelson Mandela Bay, was not a result of xenophobia. Acting ambassador, Mohammad Ali Mire, held top level talks with Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor

 Eastern Cape police have arrested seventeen motorists for drunken driving in Butterworth. Police spokesperson, Captain Jackson Manatha says they were arrested near Zitu-lele Township over the weekend. He says they were granted bail of

 Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille says she believes her party is the only alternative to the ANC. Speaking at an election rally in Cradock, in the Eastern Cape on Sunday, Zille said the DA was the only party which would be able to

A 22 year old man from Alice in the Eastern Cape is missing and is presumed to have drowned at Eastern Beach, East London. NSRI East London station commander Geoff McGregor says their volunteer rescue duty crew, Police K-9 dog rescue unit and

An elderly couple from Thailand has been shot and killed at their home in Southernwood in Mthatha. Police Lieutenant Colonel Mzukisi Fatyela says the man aged 80 and his 69 year-old wife had been long-time residents of Mthatha. He says they

One person was killed and nine others injured when their houses collapsed due to heavy winds in the Queenstown area on Thursday.  Eastern Cape health department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo says the injured were taken to Frontier Hospital

Democratic Alliance candidate Dirk Kotze won Wednesday's municipal by-election in Mossel Bay's ward eight. The Independent Electoral Commission says Kotze got 64 percent of the votes and the percentage poll was 45 percent. At Dutywa in the

 Port Elizabeth police have arrested 7 men, believed to be part of a syndicate which allegedly was involved in a spate of house robberies in the city's Western suburbs. Police spokesperson, Captain Sandra Janse Van Rensburg, says a 40 year

 Mthatha police have arrested two suspects involved in an alleged stock theft incident. Police Lieutenant Colonel Msukisi Fatyela says the two men aged 31 and 39 have also been charged with illegal possession of firearms. Fatyela says the