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National Treasury has withheld R591m in grant funding from the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality over the appointment of Anele Qaba as the new CEO of the Nelson Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA).

An Atlas Security officer was wounded during an armed robbery in Central in Gqeberha on Friday.

The Kouga Municipality has announced a partnership with the JBay Surf Alliance, to foster a keen love for the ocean and provide ongoing environmental education to local youth to help keep Kouga clean.

The National Prosecuting Authority in the Eastern Cape has secured a judgment that enables it to appeal the five-year sentence imposed on a man for raping a girl who was nine at the time.

Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Gary van Niekerk hosted the South Korean Ambassador, Chull-Joo Park on a courtesy visit to Gqeberha on Thursday.

Gqeberha police have confirmed that a truck was stoned and set alight on the Addo Road in Markman. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu said residents from two informal settlements in the area were protesting on Wednesday night when they began stoning passing trucks.

There’s been a breakthrough in the KwaNobuhle mass murder investigation with police arresting five suspects barely 48 hours after the brutal murders of six people at an alleged drug den. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu said the arrests were carried out in KwaNobuhle, Acadia and in Bethelsdorp, respectively, in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde, welcomed the deployment of two armoured personnel carriers by Mossel Bay Municipality that he said were acquired as part of efforts to improve community safety.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has appointed 14 new Metro Police officers to beef up their current workforce.