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 The Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, will officially hand over the R14m eco-parks in Mdantsane and Duncan village to the Buffalo City Metro on Friday morning. The purpose of constructing eco-parks is

 The Eastern Cape department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs says following the release of the recent municipal Audit outcomes, it reviewed its Operation Clean Audit support programme and other support to municipalities. MEC

 An inmate who claims that one of the youths allegedly raped by Knysna businessman Adrian Wilson-Forbes was frequently seen "walking with young girls" took the stand in the Thembelethu Magistrates Court outside George on Wednesday

 A Port Elizabeth man accused of severely assaulting his former girlfriend continued his bid for bail on Wednesday. Legal counsel for Brent Cunningham accused police investigators of not putting all the facts on the table during the first

 Two men will appear in the Beaufort West magistrate's court on Thursday, after being found in posession of mandrax tablets worth more than R800 000. Police spokesperson, captain Malcolm Pojie, says the men, aged 48 and 53, were arrested by

The guesthouse at the Dijembe backpackers lodge at StormsRiver burnt to the ground in the early hours of this morning. It could accommodate 22 people but was empty at the time.  The Communications manager for the lodge, Heston Gelderbloem

 Residents of Molteno who have been enduring load-shedding for the past month have resorted to drastic measures to get the Inkwanca Municipality to speed up repair of a damaged transformer. DA PR councillor, Magda Botha, says residents from

 A cold front is approaching the Eastern Cape and will start affecting the province from Wednesday evening. This cold front is associated with an upper trough which will intensify into a cut-off low off of the Wild Coast on Saturday. Rain

A top Nelson Mandela Bay official says he does not believe that the debacle over the water quality, which led to the postponement of the SA National Swimming Championships, will seriously damage the Metro's image as a sporting destination