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The Eastern Cape is one of five provinces that have underspent their grant for the hospital revitalisation programme. The Health Department revealed in a reply to a parliamentary question that delays in awarding tenders, poor contractor

A Port Elizabeth lawyer has been convicted of theft, fraud and forgery in the city's Commercial Crimes Court. The case against Rodney Mella arose from a road accident fund claim on behalf of a client who was injured in an accident in 2004. The

The Eastern Cape Education Department will meet teachers and learners at the Vukuhambe School for children with disabilities in Mdantsane on Thursday. That's after the children brought the school to a standstill on Wednesday, demanding better

Outspoken educationist, professor Jonathan Jansen, says he does not believe that government genuinely cares about the welfare of children in public schools. Jansen, the rector of the University of Free State, is in the Eastern Cape this week to

Local Government MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane says the Eastern Cape Government needs R10b annually to meet water and sanitation targets set for the 2016/2017 financial year. This means that the current Municipal Infrastructure Grant allocation of

The government has spent R60m on killing 50,000 ostriches in a bid to stop the spread of avian flu, but the virus is still present. The Western Cape agriculture department says it is time to admit the policy of blanket killing of entire flocks is

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has unveiled its bus station concept design that will form part of the city's Intergrated Public Transport System. Municipality spokesperson, Luncedo Njezula, says the bus station concept is part of the roll

The Walter Sisulu University was literally bankrupt, according to a report by the National Assembly’s Basic Education Committee tabled in Parliament today. The report follows a visit by the com-mittee to several universities and Fur-ther

 The wife of a Butterworth priest appeared in court on Wednesday with another man in connection with the murder of her husband, reverend Ongama Xuba. Police captain Jackson Manatha, says 40-year-old Lungiswa Xuba and 40-year-old Vuyo Mehlo