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 In a first for the Eastern Cape, the Coega Development Corporation has broadened its driver training programme to include customised training - and driver simulators - for people with disabilities. The programme was launched at Coega on

 Human Settlements Minister, Tokyo Sexwale, has presented the keys to a Port Elizabeth man who acquired his home in terms of government's Finance Linked Individual Subsidy Programme. In terms of the programme, government provides the

 A man has been arrested in Grahamstown for the possession of 10-kilogrammes of dagga. Police Captain Mali Govender says the 22-year-old man from Lesotho was caught on Wednesday when police found the dagga during a stop and search of a bus

 A man from Mossel Bay will appear in the magistrate's court on Thursday on charges of attempted murder, robbery and illegal possession of a fire-arm. Police spokesperson, captain Bernadine Steyn, says the 25-year-old man was arrested on

 The programme for the first 100 days in office for Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor Benson Fihla, kicked off on Wednesday with the unveiling of the R3m face-lift of the Nangoza Jebe Hall in New Brighton. The Municipality says the

 The Department of Energy will sign implementation and direct agreements with five more wind energy facilities in the Eastern Cape on Monday. Metrominute reports that Eskom will also sign power-purchase agreements with them, capping off a

 The National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot project for the Western Cape is well on track, with more than 12 000 school children in the Eden District having already been screened by health workers in the past year. Although only officially

 The Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape has lashed out at local government MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane for what it terms a scandalous misuse of taxpayers’ money. This follows a meeting held by Qoboshiyane last month to caution all ANC

 Knysna Police have welcomed the prison sentences handed down to two robbery suspects. Thirty six year-old Sipho Ning and 28-year-old Luvuyo Mdatyelwa were each sentenced in the Knysna Regional court recently to ten years imprisonment of