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There has been a changing of the guard in the Nelson Mandela Bay Council where the DA's Retief Odendaal was ousted as executive mayor in a motion of no confidence at a Special Council Meeting.

The Makana Municipality has issued a boil notice after E.coli was detected in water samples taken earlier this month.

A husband and wife duo facing charges in connection with the Enyobeni tavern tragedy in Scenery Park in East London could face up to five years behind bars.

Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the complainant was watching TV inside his flat at the back of a house at about 3.30 am when he noticed shadows and noises outside. She says he went outisde and noticed two men wearing balaclavas and white gloves.

A 32-year-old mother from Gqeberha survived an attempted kidnapping on Thursday morning when she put up a fight against three men. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the woman stopped at a garage in Walmer Boulevard for her son to go and grab something in the shop just before 7 am.

The South African Navy is in Gqeberha this week as part of country-wide recruitment for divers. The initiative began in Gauteng in April and is nearing its end, with the Eastern Cape and Western Cape as the last two provinces on the itinerary.

A rapist was sentenced to 25 years in prison in the Thembalethu Regional Court, seven years after violating a woman from Albertinia. An emotional scene played out in court on Wednesday when the rape survivor, 27-year-old Roshney Ntozini saw the last of her two rapists jailed.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating a burglary at the Sunridge Village Shopping Centre on Wednesday which resulted in shots being fired during peak morning traffic. According to multiple sources, three suspects robbed a cell phone store in the centre, and upon fleeing the scene they were confronted by a Fidelity ADT officer who had responded swiftly.

Police in Gqeberha are responding to a shooting incident that took place along Kragga Kamma Road in front of Sunridge Village this morning.