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Seven by-elections will take place in the Eastern Cape next week. The Independent Electoral Commission released the list of candidates contesting in Free State, Limpopo, Kwazulu Natal, Gauteng and Western Cape on Friday. In the Eastern Cape

An Eastern Cape policeman has been gunned down in Peddie. Provincial police spokesperson, captain Ernest Sigobe, says 38 year old constable Sipho Jaca, was shot dead outside his girlfriend's flat in Peddie last night by an unknown assailant

Former high-flying Port Elizabeth businessman Gervan Lubbe has spent his first night in a prison cell as a convicted fraudster. Lubbe was sentenced yesterday to 43 years behind bars on a variety of charges in the Port Elizabeth Commercial Crimes

Eastern Cape Economic Development MEC, Mcebisi Jonas, has announced plans to host the Provincial Energy Summit. He made the announcement on Thursday during presentation of his policy speech in the Bhisho legislature. Jonas said renewable

A search is underway in Port St Johns for a local resident who was swept off the rocks while sitting with a companion from the United States. The NSRI says American evangelist, Abby Sullee, was plucked from the sea at the Gap by the skipper of

Learners from a Butterworth primary school as well as local residents protested outside the magistrate's court on Thursday. That's where a 33 year old man made his first court appearance for the rape of a five year old girl. He was arrested by

 Western Cape parliamentarians will debate the provincial budget tabled earlier this month by Minister Allan Windy. On the First of this month, Windy tabled a budget of R39.8b for the 2012/2013 financial year. The lions share of the

The Eastern Cape Economic Development MEC, Mcebisi Jonas, will deliver his 2012/2013 policy speech in the Bhisho legislature on Thursday. The Department says it has been at the forefront in crafting and implementing responsive strategies to

The situation in Plettenberg Bay was calm on Thursday morning after some township residents burnt tyres and stoned cars Wednesday night. Police spokesperson, captain Bernadine Steyn, says one policeman was injured when he was hit by a stone