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Eastern Cape Education MEC, Mandla Makupula, has set a 70% pass rate target for the 2012 matric exams. Makupula acknowledged that this target is "very ambitious" given potential challenges in the province and the fact that the province

 A woman was killed in her home in Algoa Park, Port Elizabeth, in the early hours of Friday morning. Police spokesperson, Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg, says two men broke into a couple's home at about 2am and demanded money and the car

 Three Port Elizabeth men will appear in court on Monday for the murder of a Gauteng man. A fourth suspect was shot and killed in a shoot-out with police. Police warrant officer Gerda Swart says the drama began on Wednesday when 33-year

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has issued the following update following a night of heavy rain and flooding on Wednesday: The South African Weather Service advised the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality that light rain is expected between

The death toll from flood-related incidents in the Eastern Cape has risen to four. This, after Peddie police recovered the body of three people, including a local detective, from a nearby river. Provincial police spokesperson, brigadier

 The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says the Metro is currently having a reprieve following the heavy rain, but it is preparing for more downpours over the weekend. Municipal spokesperson Kupido Baron says much of their resources is being

 The body of a woman who is believed to have drowned during the heavy rain, has been found in a gorge in the Witteklip area west of Port Elizabeth. Police spokesperson, Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg, says the 32-year-old woman's body was

 The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says its keeping a close eye on all supply dams which are overflowing as a result of heavy rain over the past 24 hours. Spokesperson, Kupido Baron, says they are working with the Department of Water

 Eastern Cape Local Government MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, says he's aware that many protests are being planned where communities are either seeking new municipalities or want to be incorporated in other municipalities. This week Qoboshiyane met