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 The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has again assured residents and visitors that the metro's tap water is safe for human consumption. The Metro said in a statement released last night, that the acceptable tap water quality, had been

Malian musician Salif Keita has jetted into East London. He makes his Eastern Cape debut at the fourth annual Buyel' Ekhaya festival at the Buffalo City rugby stadium this weekend. Keita is also known for his activism against xenophobia and

A Jeffreys Bay panel beater has been granted bail in the Humansdorp Magistrates' Court, after being detained since last Tuesday in connection with a fracas in his home town. Police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Priscilla Naidu, says 43-year

The former treasurer of a Hankey NGO caring for orphans with HIV and Aids, has been jailed for 8 years for fraud. Lindall Plaaitjies was sentenced in the Port Elizabeth commercial crimes court on Friday in terms of a plea agreement. The state

The hunt is on for a prisoner who escaped from St Albans medium B correctional centre on Thursday. The Department of Correctional Services says 29 year old Ayanda Makasi vanished while he was working with other inmates at a chicken project in the

 Port Elizabeth's Humewood beach has regained its blue flag status, after losing it because flood damage in October. Municipality spokesperson Mthubanzi Mniki says following the flood damage, the municipality had been unable to meet the

 The hunt is on for a new superintendent general for the Eastern Cape Health Department. The contract of Dr Siva Pillay has not been renewed and he officially steps down on Friday. Pillay's departure comes amid claims by state doctors

 Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has admitted that traces of e-coli have been found in the water supply to residents of Tiryville in the Northern Areas. The municipality said that Tiryville residents should boil their water before drinking

 A former senior official in the Bhisho Education Department has made a brief appearance in the Port Elizabeth commercial crimes court. Nonthutuzelo Sizani faces 31 charges of fraud and money laundering. The state alleges that the wife of