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Motor vehicle licence fees will increase 8% in the Eastern Cape from 1 July 2012. The provincial transport department says in a statement that the Road Traffic Management Corporation has taken over control of increases of fees for learners

Nelson Mandela Bay's mayoral committee has given the go ahead for the 25 MW wind farm at Blue Horizon Bay. Human Settlements Executive Director Kosalin Naicker says a second legal opinion on the application by Metrowind for Council’s

 An unknown man was fatally injured in a motor collision in Melbrooks Avenue in Uitenhage at about six o'clock Monday evening. According to police information, a taxi swerved for a pedestrian on Melbrooks bridge. The man was struck by

One of the South African Navy's most impressive warships, the SAS Amatola, will sail into East London on Thursday. The Valour class frigate, along with another Navy strike craft, will be docking in the city at around 5pm ahead of a starring role

Five people have been rescued off-shore at the Swartkops River Mouth in Port Elizabeth after two boats capsized while heading out to fish. NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon says rescue crews were alerted at about seven o'clock on Tuesday morning

 Parliament's portfolio committee on appropriations will begin an oversight visit to the Eastern Cape from Tuesday. That's to assess the readiness of sites identified to host the National Health Insurance pilot programme announced earlier by

Eastern Cape police are offering a hefty reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of four dangerous prisoners still on the run. Ntlantle Mvoko, Sonwabile Makhongo, Menzi Zekane and Zwelithini Gibeni overpowered two policemen

Middle-income households in Nelson Mandela Bay will pay an average of R457.69 more a month for rates and service charges from July 1, according to figures provided by the Budget and Treasury Directorate. This is an increase of 21.62% from an

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says the levels of the main supply dams are currently at a combined 85.4%. The Impofu Dam is currently at 93.8%, Kouga at 82.4% and Churchill and Loerie Dams at 67.6% and 66.3% respectively. The Groendal Dam