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Members of the Port Elizabeth police's tactical response team foiled an armed robbery in Markman township Friday morning, killing five robbers in a shoot-out. Police spokesperson, captain Andre' Beetge, says the incident happened in Chevrolet

 Three people, including a traffic officer, are due to appear in court in Kirkwood on Friday on charges of fraud and corruption. Police spokesperson, warrant officer Gerda Swart, says they were arrested Thursday following an investigation

Ironman organisers are warning Nelson Mandela Bay residents to be on the lookout for con artists posing as Spec-Savers IRONMAN South Africa representatives. Ironman spokesman Michael Flanagan says they're driving a white Toyota Corolla with

Eastern Cape Education MEC, Mandla Makupula, will be handing over a new school to a local community in Maluti on Friday. The 10-class-roomed Mahubi Junior Secondary School also consists of an administrative block which accommodates offices, staff

 First National Bank withdrew liquidation proceedings against the 166-year old packaging company EH Walton in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Thursday morning. Company attorney Michael White told Algoa FM News that FNB had acknowledged

Learning and teaching has ground to a halt at several schools in Port Elizableth's northern areas as the dispute over teacher shortages continues. West End Primary School, Cedaberg in Booysens Park and several others remain closed as the protest

The risk of suicide tends to be very high among older men living in rural areas and socially isolated locations. That's according to Walter Sisulu University head of psychiatry Professor Alonso Betancourt. Delivering his inaugural lecture to

The Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency says its sponsorship of the Africa Open Golf Challenge in East London has brought media exposure valued at more than R150m. The Agency says its R9m investment earned the Agency and the Eastern Cape

Police have released the name of the pilot who was killed when his plane crashed in the Greenbushes area of Port Elizabeth on Tuesday. Police spokesperson, warrant officer Alwin Labans, says he was 57-year-old retired businessman Allan John