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 The Independent Electoral Commission says the Eastern Cape has the highest number of registered voters aged between 18 and 19. The IEC said it used Census figures to analyse the distribution of the estimated 31.4 million eligible voters per

 The bail application of two men accused of attacking advocate Dali Mpofu has been postponed. Chuma Komeni and Thulani Simon appeared briefly in the East London magistrates court on Wednesday on charges of robbery and assault with intent to

 A Macabre spate of hadeda killings through the use of a bow and arrow have reared its head in some upmarket suburbs in George. Over the past three months two hadedas and a pigeon have been found by SPCA inspection officers impaled by

 The Eastern Cape Education Department says action will be taken against a school teacher who was filmed beating a Grade 10 learner at Ntabankulu Senior Secondary School. Dispatch Online reports that the learner and the rest of the class

 Three suspects are due to appear in court in Knysna on Wednesday for a bail application. The suspects, aged between 19 and 42, were arrested earlier in May for a house robbery in which jewellery and Kruger Rands were stolen. Police also

 The long-awaited upgrade to Plettenberg's airport road has been completed. The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works and the Bitou Municipality officially opened two stretches of resurfaced roads outside the town on Monday

 Residents of ward six in George will go to the polls on Wednesday to contest a by-election. The Independent Electoral Commission says the ward was previously represented by the Democratic Alliance and became vacant as a result of the death

Hundreds of students and staff from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University marched against gender-based violence on Tuesday. The march, done in solidarity with other Eastern Cape Universities, forms part of a national community dedicated to the

 Eastern Cape communal farmers can expect growth in wool production and income, following the donation of shearing shed equipment to the value of R2-million. Cape Wools, in cooperation with Wool Trust and the National Wool Growers