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Nelson Mandela Bay firefighters have been kept busy battling veld fires across the Metro since December. On Tuesday alone fire-fighters attended to fires in the vicinity of Greenbushes, Windvogel, West End and Willows. Municipality

A police task team from Port Elizabeth has been dispatched to Cradock to help probe the murder of a local woman. Police spokesperson, warrant officer Elmarie van Eck, says the body of 51-year-old Hettie Philps was found in the bathroom of her

 The Sterkspuit Civic Association says it has decided to put its mass action plans in town on hold following Sunday's meeting with the minister of Cooperative Governance Richard Baloyi. Civic Association chairperson Mcebisi Mgojo says this

 The theft of a 70-rand piece of cheese has landed a Sedgefield man a hefty jail term. Forty three year old Joseph Jacobs was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment in the Knysna Regional court earlier this month. Police spokesperson, captain

 The problems that led to drastic measures at the Asherville Senior Secondary School in Graaff Reinet are by no means unique in the Eastern Cape. That's the view of Democratic Alliance MPL Edmund van Vuuren. This week the governing body

The Department of Justice has established a small claims court for the Aberdeen magisterial district in the Eastern Cape. The Department says this milestone is part of the Department's revitalisation programme to ensure that there is a Small

 A man and a woman have appeared in the George Magistrate's Court for the alleged possession of so-called "magic" mushrooms worth about R20 000. Southern Cape police spokesperson, captain Malcolm Pojie, said the 25-year-old man and

 A Nelson Mandela Bay Councillor and 2 friends have appeared in court for the abduction of a Uitenhage teenager. Warrant Officer Basil Seekooi says 35 year old Ward 50 councillor, Zolani Ncwadi, was arrested in Kamesh on Monday. Its

The Eastern Cape Development Corporation say the province is showing signs of economic recovery. Chief executive, Sitembile Mase, says GDP and provincial output is expected to be around 4.2% in 2013. "Fixed domestic expenditure is