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 A study is to be commissioned on the future of the Apple Express. Mandela Bay Development Agency CEO Pierre Voges says the study is being funded by the Economic Development, Environment and Tourism Department through the Eastern Cape

 The Eastern Cape Gambling and Betting Board will hold public hearings later this week in Port Elizabeth and Jeffreys Bay for the allocation of fifteen bingo licences in the province. The Port Elizabeth hearing will be held on Thursday

 Officials in the Eastern Cape's Mbizana municipality have been told to resign by the ANC's top leaders. The party's provincial spokesperson, Mlibo Qoboshiyane says president Jacob Zuma and his top six officials visited Mbizana local

 A 50-year-old man from Despatch has been arrested on a charge of murder. Police said the suspect allegedly stabbed his nephew to death after intervening in an argument between the deceased and his girlfriend. Police spokesperson, warrant

Tourism-related businesses received a boost on Monday with the arrival of the Queen Mary 2 in Nelson Mandela Bay. Hundreds of passengers disembarked to visit various destinations in and around the Metro, with many streaming to the Boardwalk where

 Buffalo City municipality says Nahoon beach will remain closed for several days following a sewerage spill over the weekend. The spill also forced organisors of a junior national surfing competition to move the event to Gonubie beach

Port Elizabeth will be rolling out the red carpet on Monday for the arrival of the biggest vessel to visit the city in more than a decade. The Queen Mary Two is the largest ocean liner built since Queen Elizabeth Two in 1969. Transnet National

 An application for the medical parole of convicted killer Clive Derby-Lewis has been denied. E-News Channel Africa reported that the medical advisory board had turned down 77-year-old Derby-Lewis' application to be released on medical

 The death toll from Sunday'ss horror freeway accident in Port Elizabeth has risen to six. Police are investigating a case of culpable homicide after six people died when a car hit a pedestrian on the N-2 freeway and overturned. Four