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Thousands of student nurses are expected to take part in a march to the office of Eastern Cape premier, Noxolo Kiviet, on Friday. The march is being organised by the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa's learner movement

The body of one of five men who went missing in the sea at Bluewater Bay beach on Sunday has been found. This brings to two, the number of bodies recovered since members of the Motherwell rugby club were swept out to sea in a rip current. A

 The ANC in the Eastern Cape says the resounding success in Wednesday's by-elections exhibits the rejection of those who call people refugees in the land of their birth. The ANC was referring to the heavy defeat inflicted on opposition

 An Eastern Cape man has been given two life sentences in the Mthatha High Court for the 2009 murder of a 70 year old woman and her 12 year old granddaugther. Thirty-three-year-old Mqwalaseli Mabhayi was also given a 10 year sentence for

It's all systems go for the 2012 Splash Festival, with organisors promising four days of fun in Nelson Mandela Bay. Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor, Zanoxolo Wayile, said the Metro was once again proud to host the largest water sports festival

The Bitou Municipality has announced a preferred bidder to manage the Plettenberg Bay airport. Bitou mayor, Memory Booysen, said in his latest news letter that Indiza Airport Management was named the preferred bidder of the long-term lease

The wool market was softer at this week's sale. Cape Wools' says its Merino indicator dropped two percent compared with the previous sale a fortnight ago to close at R102.06 per kg for clean wool. Spokespeson Ona Viljoen, says this was in line

The ANC has swept to victory in seven by-elections in the Eastern Cape. The ruling party also retained three wards in Nelson Mandela Bay that became vacant following the deaths of three councillors in an accident earlier this year. Opposition

Knysna residents without access to water and sanitation facilities will receive an early Christmas present this year, thanks to a R9-million allocation by the Provincial Department of Human Settlements to the Knysna Municipality. Municipal