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Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality said a full investigation was launched into an explosion at a substation situated at the Coega Industrial Development Zone on Saturday.

Police minister Bheki Cele has acknowledged that there's room for improvement in his department. The Minister concluded a two-day oversight visit to some of the crime hotspots in Gqeberha this weekend and visited police stations in New Brighton, Chatty, Gelvandale and Kwazakhele.

Story updated: The Eastern Cape Department of Transport said another person died in hospital, bringing to three the number of people killed in a single-vehicle accident on the R-349 in East London.

Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor Retief Odendaal on Sunday said over the last four days, the metro had seen three major electricity outages that have affected the city’s ability to transfer water into the metro. The latest one being a substation that exploded in the Coega Industrial Development Zone on Saturday night.

Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor, Retief Odendaal, said a fire in the Coega Industrial Development Zone damaged a substation which then tripped a municipal substation.

A female university student has drowned while a male student is missing at sea at Wilderness on the Garden Route.

The ANC in the Eastern Cape has commended the police for the arrest of three suspects who allegedly killed one of its councillors, Nomxolisi Nqwena-Maliwa. Nqqena-Maliwa served as the Chairperson of the party’s Ethics and Members Interest Committee at the Mbhashe Local Municipality, which services the towns of Dutywa, Elliotdale and Willowvale.

A 59-year-old man appeared in a Gqeberha court for allegedly defrauding VWSA of R12 million.

Gqeberha police are investigating a case of culpable homicide following a fatal hit-and-run accident on Beach Road on Friday morning.