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 A 74-year-old man from Willovale in the Transkei, has been arrested for the rape of an 11-year-old child. Police say the suspect allegedly called the unsuspecting girl to his home yesterday afternoon, and raped her. She then returned to

 The mother of a Uitenhage man who died in Livingstone Hospital in 2010 after undergoing surgery for a broken leg, says she will bring a civil suit against the Eastern Cape Department of Health. This, after a Port Elizabeth magistrate ruled

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has been allocated R6.7 million in emergency relief funds by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Af-fairs following last year¡'s floods. In a letter to former Acting Municipal Manager

 Learners at Mthatha's Jonguhlanga Secondary School moved into the digital age on Friday. That's with the donation of a mobile computer centre and free data, thanks to a public private partnership between the Department of Communications and

 A former Port Elizabeth school principal who pleaded guilty to stealing R1.1m from Greenwood Primary School has escaped a jail sentence. Magistrate Stanley Gumede sentenced Patrick Shelver on Friday to 10 years in jail but wholly suspended

 The Hawks in George have taken two men in for questioning in connection with a truck hijacking. Police spokesperson, captain Bernadine Steyn, says the men from Mossel Bay were detained on Thursday afternoon. She says it alleged that the

Eastern Cape police say two pensioners have been found murdered in Ngcobo. A task team has been established to investigate a possible link between the two murders. Police spokesperson Mzukisi Fatyela says a 73 year old woman was found

 The Spar retail group in Port Elizabeth says the selling of Afcon tickets through its outlets is proving a major headache for its franchise holders. Spar Eastern Cape Marketing Manager Martin Webber spoke to the DMB on AlgoaFM on Friday

 Nelson Mandela Bay's overdue consumer debt increased by R220.3m between June and December of last year, to reach R1.47b. The Mid-Year Financial Report presented to Council on Thursday showed that arrears owed by households increased from