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 Police in George are investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found with gunshot wounds. Police spokesperson, captain Bernadine Steyn, says the bodies of 35 year old Annemarie van Loggenberg and 39-year-old man Willie

 The power supply to the Eastern Cape Education Department's district office in Port Elizabeth remains suspended after being cut in December. This, amid a dispute between the Department and the Municipality over an over-due bill of R12.1m

 Nelson Mandela Bay is one of four South Africa cities with the highest murder and aggravated robbery rates in the country. The South African Institute of Race Relations says the others are Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. According to

 The Department of Correctional Services says the two men who were serving jail sentences for the brutal rape and attempted murder of a Port Elizabeth woman in 1994, have not been granted parole. Correctional Services spokesperson, Sonwabo

Schooling in the Eastern Cape faces disruption a week after the start of the new school year. Teacher's union Sadtu has thrown down the gauntlet to education superintendent-general, Modidima Mannya, calling for him to resign. In a strongy

 A rhino bull has been killed near Mossel Bay, police said on Tuesday. The bull's carcass was found on Monday on Bergsig farm near Hartenbos and Mossel Bay, said Colonel Vishnu Naidoo. Both horns had been severed. "It probably

 The ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay has expressed its shock and sadness at the death of three councillors in an accident on Sunday night. ANC regional spokesperson, Zandisile Qupe, says the ruling party will work closely with the families of the

 A Port Elizabeth policeman has been shot dead by three men at his home in Kwadwesi. Provincial police spokesperson, Captain Ernest Sigobe, says the 58 year old warrant officer died on the way to hospital. He says three men arrived at his

Statement from SA Weather Service spokesperson, Garth Sampson Heat wave conditions are expected over the entire Eastern Cape for tomorrow 17 January to Thursday 19 January 2012. Temperatures along the coastal regions will be in the early 30's