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The Kouga Municipality says it has declared the region a Local Disaster Area. The declaration was made at a Special Mayoral Committee meeting this afternoon. Executive Mayor Booi Koerat said heavy torrential rains over the past week had

The search for two men who went missing in flooded rivers Kwanobuhle and Kirkwood continued this week. Police spokesperson, lieutenant-colonel Priscilla Naidu, says members of the Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage K-9 units have been searching since

 The Democratic Alliance in Buffalo City says it will be asking the auditor general to review the awarding of a housing contract which it says did not go through a competitive bidding process. Buffalo City reportedly terminated the original

 A Grahamstown man has posted his toenails to the Chinese embassy in Pretoria because he is upset with the escalating number of rhinos killed by poachers. Mark Wilby clipped off his toenails, put them in an envelope and posted them. In a

 The Eastern Cape government says it will send an SOS appeal to President Jacob Zuma to declare a special disaster fund for the flood-ravaged province. Local government MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane and transport MEC Thandiswa Marawu said in a

 Numsa members at Goodyear in Uitenhage have embarked on a protected strike. The trade union's regional secretary, Phumzile Nodongwe, says the workers downed tools on Tuesday morning. He says they are demanding a relief allowance when

 Damage to Nelson Mandela Bay infrastructure from a week of heavy flooding has been put at R600m by Metro Mayor Zanoxolo Wayile. Speaking at a media briefing at the Joint Operations Centre a short while ago, Wayile said the figure did not

 Port Elizabeth police are looking for the driver of a Kia-bakkie with 25 children on the back, which was involved in an accident in Victoria Drive this morning. Police spokesperson, Captain Stanley Jarvis, says the bakkie rolled after one

 The R72 coastal road between Port Elizabeth and East London has been reopened for light vehicles. Police spokesperson, Captain Mali Govender, says she was notified on Tuesday morning that cars are once again allowed to use the route