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 Two members of East London's flying squad have put a dent in the dagga trade. Warrant Officer Lynton Cox and Constable John Barends arrested four alleged smugglers early on Monday morning following a high-speed chase on the N-2. Police

 Senior officials from Nelson Mandela Bay municipality will be visiting Helenvale, in Port Elizabeth's northern areas, on Monday morning. That's to assess the needs of the community following a weekend shack fire which left one person dead

 Eastern Cape Local Government MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, has welcomed the arrest of a municipal official in Mbizana on charges of fraud. Qoboshiyane says local municipalities must be centres of excellence not of fraud and corruption. He was

 A 13-year-old girl has become the youngest South African to win the world chess federation title of Woman International Master. Charlize van Zyl, of Collegiate Girls High School in Port Elizabeth, won the women's division of the FIDE Africa

Eastern Cape police have arrested 6 suspects and recovered 2 firearms shortly after they robbed a spaza shop in Addo. Spokesperson, WO Marianette Olivier says 7 men entered the shop at around 6 o'clock on Friday evening, and threatened the

Port Elizabeth police have arrested two suspects for armed robbery, rape and the illegal possesion of a fire arm. The Flying Squad's Warrant-Officer Gerhard van der Merwe says some of their members patrolled the streets of Missionvale early on

  Police have made five arrests in Standford Road in PE's northern areas, where protesters took to the streets for a second day on Friday. Angry Helenvale residents have been burning tyres in protest at the municipality's IPTS project

 Nelson Mandela Bay will receive R434.8 million as its share of the general fuel levy revenue for the 2013/14 financial year, slightly less than its allocation last year. The allocations have been published in the Government Gazette by

 Basic Education Minister Angie Motshega has told the National Council of Provinces that the Eastern Cape Department of Education planned to have all teaching posts declared in September last year filled by the end of June, Replying to a