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 A 54-year-old Jeffreys Bay doctor has made another appearance in the Humansdorp Magistrates' Court on four charges of sexual assault. During Tuesday's proceedings, the case was remanded to the 31st January, when a regional court date is

 Hundreds of victims of January's devastating fire which ripped through the Chris Hani informal settlement in Nelson Mandela Bay will get their lives back on track from Tuesday. Home Affairs Minister, Naledi Pandor, will hand over hundreds

Two security guards collecting money from a store in Port Alfred were robbed by an armed gang at lunch time on Monday. Police say the two suspects pointed firearms at the two guards, seized their firearms and fled in a white Ford Bantam with

 A teenage Port Elizabeth woman has been killed in an accident on the N-2 outside the city. Police spokesperson, captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg, says the 19-year-old woman was driving with her sister from the Draaifontein area when the

 An inquest into the Rheenendal bus accident in which 15 learners were killed has been postponed to March. The inquest was due to get underway this week but was postponed at the request of the owner of the bus company, African Express

 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa will be holding a public hearing in Nelson Mandela Bay this week on Eskom's proposed multi-year price determination. Eskom wants the regulator to approve its application for a 16% a year price

 Eastern Cape Safety MEC, Helen Sauls August begins a series of visits to schools from Monday to assess their readiness for the 2013 school year. Her spokesperson, Arnold Scholtz, says she will be visiting several schools in Nelson Mandela

 Uitenhage police found the body of a 38-year-old woman in her home in Kamesh on Sunday with her one-year-old baby boy sitting next to her. The boy was unhurt. Police spokesperson, Warrant-Officer Gerda Swart, says a suspect has been

A man in his forties from Joubertina has drowned while swimming at the seafront at Jeffrey's Bay. Local NSRI station commander Rieghard Janse van Rensburg says they were summoned to the scene at lunch time on Sunday. Unidentified bystanders