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The National Sea Rescue Institute in Knysna has assisted the crew of a 20-metre yacht, Linschoten, which was sailing from Richards Bay to Cape Town, after it started taking on water off the Southern Cape coast. NSRI station commander in Knysna

Eastern Cape Local Government MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, says municipalities have a strategic and moral responsibility not to compromise the quality of infrastructure projects built for the benefit of communities. The MEC is hosting a two-day

 The level of the Baakens River has now subsided sufficiently to allow engineers to assess any infrastructural damage caused to the road at the Third Avenue dip. Only after a full assessment by its engineers will the Municipality be able to

 The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality wishes to appeal to the residents of Nelson Mandela Bay to act responsibly regarding the discharging of fireworks on Guy Fawkes Day, 5 November 2012. It should be remembered that fireworks are potentially

 A Port Elizabeth man died in a collision at the Cotswold off-ramp on the N2 on Tuesday morning. Police spokesperson, Captain Alwin Labans, says a bakkie with 7 people on board, collided with a car shortly after 2AM. He says one of the

 A 24-year-old Eastern Cape man has been jailed for 24 years for raping his own mother. Police spokesperson, captain Jackson Manatha, says the man was sentenced on Monday in the Butteworth magistrate's court. The incident took place last

 A 60-year-old woman is expected to appear in the Elliotdale Magistrate's Court on a murder charge on Monday, for allegedly killing a 75-year-old man with a sjambok during an argument. Police spokesperson, Captain Zamukulungisa Jozana, says

 The Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape says Bhisho government is running a parallel civil service by spending billions on consultants. DA leader in the provincial legislature, Bobby Stevenson, says in the past 3 financial years Bhisho

Members of Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage's K-9 unit have found the body of teenage flood victim, John Smit. Police spokesperson, lieuenant-colonel Priscilla Naidu, says Smit's body was found Algoa Road in Uitenhage on Sunday  afternoon. He