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President Jacob Zuma has called for the sport of chess to be viewed as a serious sport in schools. President Zuma was speaking on Sunday during the closing ceremony of the 19th Commonwealth Chess Championships and SA Open at the International

A man from an informal settlement in Gonubie in East London has been killed while waiting to use a communal toilet. Police spokesperson, captain Steven Marais, says the 42-year-old man and a friend were attacked in the early hours of Saturday

A gang of eight men robbed the Spar in Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth on Monday morning of an undisclosed amount of cash and fled in a bakkie belonging to one of the staff. Police Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says a manageress had arrived

 A 75 year old granny from Nophakathi Location Nombanjana Village Centane will appear in court on Monday on a charge of murder, after hacking an intruder with an axe. Police Spokesperson Captain Jackson Manatha says the 55 year old

 Two teenagers died in a head on collision in Port Elizabeth on Saturday night. Police spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says a bakkie was travelling from Soudene street in Bethelsdorp in the direction of the Stanford road on

 Police in Port Elizabeth are searching for two suspects who shot and wounded three people in Gelvendale in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police Spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says a 25 year old man was outside his house

Former world chess champion, Gary Kasparov, says chess is not just a great game but also an important education tool. Kasparov is in Nelson Mandela Bay, attending the 19th Commonwealth Chess Championships and SA Open taking place at the Boardwalk

The Eastern Cape Health Department and the Coega Development Corporation have broken ground on the site for a new TB hospital in Matatiele. In a joint statement on Friday,  the parties said the R302m Khotsong TB Hospital will benefit from

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says a marathon meeting between a mayoral task team and unions has broken the impasse that led to strikes in several departments. According to a statement late this afternoon, all striking workers will be back