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Eastern Cape Human Settlements MEC, Helen Sauls-August will hand over two parcels of land to metal workers union Numsa on Friday. The Department says the land was purchased in Nelson Mandela Bay for R50m and will used for housing developments for

The Cacadu District Municipality may soon be undergoing a name change. This, after the Distric Council supported a request by executive mayor, Eunice Kekana, to rename the Municipality the Sarah Baartman District Municipality. This now sets

The death toll from last night's taxi accident on the M-4 motorway in Port Elizabeth has risen to six. Police spokesperson, captain Sandra Janse Van Rensburg, says three people died in hospital Thursday night. Three people died on the scene

The Department of Basic Education has revealed that there are more than two thousand schools in the Eastern Cape that have six teachers or less. This startling figure is contained in a written reply to a parliamentary question by the Democratic

Nelson Mandela Bay will receive R498.8 million for the 2012/13 financial year as its share of the Public Transport Infrastructure Systems (PTIS) Grant, according to figures provided by the Department of Transport. This is more than R200 million

Police have arrested 10 suspects and seized 239 head of cattle in a massive stock theft bust in the Qumbu area near Mthatha. Provincial police spokesperson, Brigadier Marinda Mills, says the suspects were apprehended in an intelligence-driven

Damage that could run into millions of rands was caused on Thursday morning when a business centre in George caught alight. The city's acting fire chief, Neels Barnard, says they received the call-out to George Business Park in the industrial

A 43 year old Queenstown man is due to appear in court on Thursday for allegedly sexually abusing his four children, aged between four and nine. Provincial police spokesperson, captain Ernest Sigobe, says they are expecting a protest at the court

The Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape has called on Bhisho to stop the rot paralysing the Eastern Cape health department. DA MPL, John Cupido, says the Department's current budget of R15.1b will need an additional injection of R9b just to