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 The Newton Park Indoor Swimming Pool in Port Elizabeth is standing empty - with no immediate solution in sight. The pool was emptied on the 1st of July and the contractor was called in to deal with the problem of lifting tiles. An

 The Eastern Cape Gambling and Betting Board will destroy 250 illegal gaming machines on Wednesday, effectively closing the chapter on a 12 year battle. The machines, which had been seized from 5 illegal gaming halls in Port Elizabeth, had

 Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, kicked off her national stakeholder dialogues in the Eastern Cape with a visit to the Nqamakwe Municipality in Butterworth. Madonsela paid a surprise visit to the Butterworth Clinic, where shortages of

 Two men accused of robbing and stabbing lawyer Dali Mpofu appeared in the East London Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. Chuma Komani and Thulani Simon, both 23, will be back in court again on the 23rd of August. Police spokesperson, captain

 The SA Police Service in Nelson Mandela Bay has welcomed the guilty verdict imposed on airforce flight sergeant, Frederick Gordon. He was found guilty on two counts of rape, one of kidnapping and a charge of assault with intent to cause

The Port Elizabeth high court heard on Tuesday that one of the four suspects charged with the murder of Walmer Country Club manager Gerrie Hoekstra, intends to plead guilty. State prosecutor Marlini Moodley says 41-year-old Abduragmaan Hendriks

 The ANC's provincial executive committee in the Eastern Cape will hold its first lekgotla since its mandate was renewed at the party's conference last month. Top of the agenda at this week's lekgotla will be matters of service delivery both

 Protesting Walter Sisulu University staff have been barred from university campuses. This follows a warning of a lockout by Administrator Professor Lourens van Staden. The workers downed tools last week demanding an 8-10% wage hike, but

 Two years of hard work by students at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University came to nought when a technical problem ruled out NMMU's participation at this year's Hockenheim Formula Student International Race. The decision was taken by a