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All sectors of society needed to be engaged "to craft a uniform strategy to improve our economy," Eastern Cape ANC chairman and Finance and Provincial Planning MEC Phumulo Masualle said on Thursday morning. Delivering his Political

Port Elizabeth police have arrested five men and a woman following a drug bust. Police spokesperson, Captain Stanley Jarvis, says the operation was carried out between 01:00 and 08:00 on Thursday morning. He says police seized a large

Police in Port Elizabeth are searching for six suspects wanted in connection with a gang-related shooting in Bethelsdorp on Wednesday night in which two children were injured. Warrant Officer Alwin Labans says the men opened fire on a group of

Police in Jeffreys Bay are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a man was killed by a vehicle on the N2. Warrant officer Gerda Swart say the driver of a Mercedes bus was traveling from George to Grahamstown on Wednesday night. Swart

The ANC in the Eastern Cape will be dedicating its opening prayer session at the start of its 7th provincial conference to ailing former president Nelson Mandela. Incumbent provincial secretary, Oscar Mabuyane, says religious leaders will open

 A young George mother is claiming millions of rands from the George State Hospital as well as from the Western Cape health department. She claims it was the negligence of doctors and nurses that caused her son to be born with cerebral palsy

 Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Dr Pieter Mulder, will open the Absa Kirkwood Wildsfees auction on Friday which heralds the start of the popular annual festival. Among the wildlife on sale will be 30 disease-free buffalo from Addo Elephant

 The Garden Route town of Knysna is preparing to welcome more than 65 000 people to the 30th Knysna Oyster Festival this weekend. Festival Manager Nicci Rousseau-Schmidt says hundreds of cyclists are arleady testing out the town's streets

  The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is advising the public that the Traffic Department offices in Korsten, Sidwel and Uitenhage are currently closed due to an industrial action by employees. Spokesperson Mthubanzi Mniki says management is