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Eastern Cape Local Government MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, has condemned the violent protests that have been taking place in Dordrecht in the North-Eastern Cape. His visit to the town on Wednesday comes in the wake of several days of protests by local

The ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay has rejected a media report that mayor Zanoxolo Wayile had been held hostage at the regional headquarters and given an ultimatum to resign. The Herald published a photograph of police using bolt cutters to prise open

The SA Municipal Workers has lashed at the ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay, accusing it of hold the municipality to ransom. In a strongly worded statement today, Samwu said recent aborted council meetings were a deliberate move by the ANC regional

The Grahamstown High Court has frozen the assets of former senior Buffalo City municipal official, Vuyo Zambodla and his co-accused Amanda Ncanywa. The pair have been charged with corruption and defrauding the municipality of more than R400,000

The body of a man thought to be one of the four people missing at Plettenberg Bay has been found. Police spokesperson, captain Bernadine Steyn, says the body was found on Tuesday morning. She says DNA tests will be done to determine the person

The Eastern Cape government has awarded nearly R1b worth of contracts to civil servants or their close family members. This emerged in the legislature during debate on the report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for the 2010/2011

The first sale of the 2012 mohair winter season took place on Tuesday with 86,290 kg on offer. Mohair SA says prices were good even though Europe is on holiday and some uncertainty still exists from China. The mohair market indicator closed at

A 39-year-old man appeared in court in Butterworth on Tuesday in connection with several murders in Tholeni village near the town. Bulelani Mabhayhi was charged with 22 counts, including murder, attempted murder, rape and housebreaking. He was

The alertness of a provincial traffic officer in Plettenberg Bay led to the arrest of five suspects linked to Sunday's murder of Jansenville farmer Owen Charles. The suspects, the youngest of whom is just 12 years old, were eventually arrested in