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Three rural Eastern Cape schools have won an important legal victory over the Education Department to provide them with proper desks and chairs. An agreement between the Department and the Grahamstown-based Legal Resources Centre and the Child

 Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor, Zanoxolo Wayile, says the introduction of the pilot phase of the Integrated Public Transport System is a moment that should be celebrated. Wayile was speaking at city hall on Thursday during the

 Two boys aged 12 and 14 have drowned in a farm dam in the St Albans area of Port Elizabeth. Police captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says four youngsters went swimming in the dam on Wednesday afternoon. Tragically, two of them got

Southern Cape police say they're ready to deal with the influx of teenagers descending on Plettenberg Bay for the annual Plett Rage. Police captain Malcolm Pojie says there will be high police visibility in Plett, including on all beaches. He

 The wool market held up well at this week's sale despite a very large offering. Cape Wools merino indicator closed down marginally at R102.70 p/kg for clean wool. Spokesperson Ona Viljoen says it was still 17.5% higher than at the

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality will launch its much anticipated integrated transport system on Thursday. The launch programme begins at city hall with guests taking a bus ride to the Uitenhage Town Hall for the rest of the formalities

 The Democratic Alliance in Nelson Mandela Bay has welcomed a decision to withdraw acting municipal manager Temba Hani. This, after Local Government MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, agreed on Wednesday to abide by a Council resolution last week

Eastern Cape Local Government MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, has backed down on an earlier instruction to the Nelson Mandela Bay to reverse a vote of no confidence in acting municipal manager, Temba Hani. Qoboshiyane confirmed late on Wednesday that he

Western Cape premier Helen Zille has put a formal request to government for the army to be deployed in a peace-keeping capacity in farming hotspots. Zille's request followed reported warnings by Cosatu's Western Cape leader, Tony Ehrenreich, of a