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The Board of the Nelson Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) have broken its silence on the controversy surrounding the withholding of grant funding from the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality over the appointment of Anele Qaba as their new CEO.

A biscuit manufacturing company situated in Korsten in Gqeberha has been closed due to concerns over unhygienic and other health conditions

The Provincial police commissioner in the Eastern Cape has set up a multi-disciplinary task team to trace and arrest those responsible for a string of murders in Humandsorp.

The trial of the owners of the infamous Enyobeni tavern will continue in the East London Magistrates Court on Thursday. Tavern owners, Siyakhangela and Vuyokazi Ndevu are charged with selling alcohol to underage persons and for allegedly contravening the Liquor Act.

Former under-21 Blue Bulls player Khwezi Mafu has been acquitted on charges of rape and robbery in the Gqeberha Magistrates on Wednesday.

The H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) continues affecting seabirds in South Africa.

Police in Humansdorp are investigating a case of murder and attempted murder after two teenagers were chased and shot on Wednesday.

Two security guards were injured following a cash-in-transit heist on the N2 near Mdantsane on Tuesday night. At 8 pm, officials from the Department of Transport in the Eastern Cape alerted motorists of an active crime scene with all roleplayers on scene.

Members of the Cookhouse Highway Patrol have made another perlemoen bust along the N10 near Cookhouse which resulted in a suspect running into the trailer of a passing truck in an attempt to escape from police.