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Eastern Cape Health MEC Sicelo Gqobana is scheduled to call on Nelson Mandela Bay on Friday, for a sod-turning ceremony at Jose Pearson TB hospital. His Department, supported by the Coega Development Corporation, is building a pharmacy and out

 Two construction workers were killed when their vehicle left a bridge and ended up in the Green River between King Williams Town and Peddie. Provincial traffic spokesperson, Tsepo Machaea, says the accident happened about 20 -25 kilometres

  Rhodes University has welcomed president Jacob Zuma's decision to refer the Protection of State Information Bill back to Parliament. Zuma made the announcement yesterday saying the Bill in its current form would not pass constitutional

 Health sector activists will march on the Eastern Cape Health Ministry in Bhisho on Friday. That's to present a memorandum of wide-ranging demands to the Health Department. The memorandum calls on Health MEC, Sicelo Gqobana, to fix what

The Eastern Cape Legislature has issued a damning report on the state of health of 10111 Call Centres and Flying Squad operations in the Eastern Cape. The report scheduled for debate this afternoon, has called for the redeployment of the

 The Bhisho Health Department has lashed out at the Eastern Cape Crisis Action Coalition following the release of a damning report on the state of health care in the province. Department spokesperson, Sizwe Kupelo, says many of the issues

 The highly-publicised spat between ANC and DA council members in the beleaguered Oudtshoorn municipality came to an astonishing conclusion in the Cape High Court this week. Oudtshoorn municipal spokesman Ntobeko Mangqwengqwe revealed that

 A dire shortage of retirement homes in Nelson Mandela Bay is forcing pensioners to wait up to seven years for an opening at one of the city's few affordable retirement villages. The problem has caused prices of private and state-subsidised

Swift action by the police in Port Elizabeth has led to the arrest of two suspects, following a shooting incident and hijacking at a bank in Newton Park. Spokesperson Alwin Labans says a 64-year-old man and his 38-year-old son were on their way