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A 65-year-old British tourist has drowned while swimming at Jeffreys Bay. The National Sea Rescue Institute says police alerted the NSRI that a man was in difficulty at the beach in front of Kabaljous Caravan Park on Saturday. Jeffreys Bay

Nursing staff, who abandoned their posts at the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha, returned to work late on Saturday. The Eastern Cape health department says the nurses consulted their unions and decided to accept the ultimatum and

 Members of management at the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha have been held hostage by nurses. Eastern Cape health department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said this morning that the nurses had locked them in a boardroom, and police

Eastern Cape police commissioner, lieutenenat-general, Celiwe Binta, has welcomed the lengthy jail sentence impose on one of the province's most notorious criminals. Sakumzi Mvoko was sentenced this week ferday to 170 years in jail on 16 counts

Eastern Cape Transport authorities says eight of the 12 people who were killed in a horror three-car accident between Queenstown and Whittelsea, have been identified. While their names have not yet been released, Transport Ministry spokesperson

Police in Duncan Village in East London have arrested five suspects for being in posession of drugs. Police spokesperson, captain Steven Marais, says one of the suspects is a well-known criminal who is currently out on bail on drug rleated charges

Police have arrested a 34-year-old King Williams Town teacher for the alleged sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl. Police spokesperson, Captain Ernest Sigobe, says it is alleged that incident happened in the teacher's vehicle yesterday afternoon

Twelve people have been killed in a horror-smash on the R67 between Whittlesea and Queenstown. Provincial traffic spokesperson Tshepo Machea says the accident happened at about half past eight last night when a Mahindra SUV and a Colt Bakkie

Teachers union Sadtu and trade union federation Cosatu expressed their disappointment at the failure of the Eastern Cape government to attend an education Indaba in East London. The indaba was a sequel to the signing of an agreement last month