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 Western Cape Health Minister, Theuns Botha, rolled out the pilot phase of the National Health Insurance Scheme in George on Monday. He told a packed a packed George Town Hall that the emphasis of the NHI will be on providing health care to

The state has called its last two witnesses in the case of domestic abuse survivor Avril Gordon. Gordon's daughter, Valerie Shaw, and police forensic analyst Mathys Hoffman gave evidence in the PE regional court on Monday about the brutal assault

A well known Knysna estate agent, who is accused of abducting an 11-year-old from a shopping centre and offering him money in exchange for sex and using him to recruit other children, appeared briefly in the George High Court on Monday for a pre

Eastern Cape Finance MEC, Pumulo Masualle, is calling on the public to tell him what they would like to see in his budget. Masualle will table the budget for the new financial year in the Bhisho legislature on the 7th of March. Metro Minute

 Three Eastern Cape police members have been killed in an accident near Stutterheim. Police spokesperson, major Ernest Sigobe, says the accident occurred about 5 km outside Stutterheim on Monday morning when a police vehicle collided with an

Eastern Cape Premier Noxolo Kiviet is holding a two-day lekgotla of her executive council. Speaking at the opening of the lekgotla in East London, Kiviet called for the review of the Fiscal and Finance Commission formula used for allocating

 Eastern Cape Correctional Services Commissioner, Nkosinathi Breakfast, says his department is in control of prisons in the province. He was responding to safety concerns raised by the South African Correctional Services Union following

 A Port Elizabeth man has been shot dead and another man wounded in a suspected gang-related shooting in Bloemendal on Sunday night. Police spokesperson, captain Sandra Janse Van Rensburg, says 26-year-old Leroy Jooste died on the way to

 The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is investigating two cases in the Eastern Cape. This follows the death of a 14-year-old boy in Palmietfontein who was allegedly shot dead by police wearing balaclavas. Ipid spokesperson