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 Members of the Port Elizabeth flying squad have arrested a couple wanted for ripping off show houses in Cape Town. Police spokesperson, Captain Sandra Janse Van Rensburg, says the fugitive couple was arrested in Strandfontein Road on

 Despatch police have arrested three men for reporting a false robbery case. Warrant Officer Marianette Olivier says three men aged between 25 and 35 reported that they were robbed of cash and a cell phone when they delivered goods at a shop

 Port Elizabeth police are on a manhunt for two men who shot and wounded an employee of a pet shop in Burt Drive early on Wednesday evening. Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says the incident happened at closing time. The employee was

 The Democratic Alliance failed to gain an outright majority in yesterday's keenly contested by-election in the Bitou municipality in the greater Plettenberg Bay area. The ANC's Hilda Plaatjies secured 919 votes in Ward Four Bitou, just 38

The Democratic Alliance in Nelson Mandela Bay says it will lay criminal charges against mayor, Benson Fihla and his deputy, Chippa Ngcolomba. DA caucus leader in the Metro, Leon de Villiers, says this is for their alleged political interference

 Striking Walter Sisulu University employees are adamant that they will not return to work until their wage increase demands are met. This despite an ultimatum by management to negotiate or face a court battle. WSU's three campuses ground

 The Civil Aviation Authority says it will investigate whether the SAA plane at the centre of yesterday's false hijacking drama in Port Elizabeth, was also at the centre of another false hijacking incident in July. SAA flight 417 landed

Southern Cape voters braved heavy rain and freezing temperatures and took to the polls without major incidents so far on Wednesday. By-elections are taking place in 21 wards across the country including fiercely contested wards in Oudtshoorn

  The Port Elizabeth weather office is warning of the possibility of heavy falls of rain along the Tsitsikamma and Outeniqua coast this evening. Rainfall amounts are expected to be below 50mm per 24hrs for the Plettenberg Bay/Tsitsikamma