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The Eastern Cape welcomed 239 New Year’s Day babies. Of the new arrivals, 122 are girls and 117 are boys.

The Eastern Cape is putting its best foot forward weather-wise as locals and visitors across the province prepare to see in the New Year on Saturday night. 

The Kariega Station Commander, Brigadier André Swart, has ordered the immediate implementation of the 72-hour activation plan following the murder of a 31-year-old man.

Plettenberg Bay police have opened an inquest following the death of a 19 year-old man at Bloukrans Bridge on the N2 highway outside Storms River.

Residents from the Dr Beyers Naude local municipality as well as the Walter Sisulu Municipality are having a slight reprieve from the combined loadshedding and load reduction that was implemented before Christmas.

A teacher from Pearson High in Gqeberha says her faith in humanity has been restored after firefighters came to assist her in rescuing her cat out of a car engine. Yolande Bezuidenhout says she was busy hanging her washing on Thursday when her Ragdoll, Misty Blue sneaked out.

The mayor of the Dr Beyers Naude Local Municipality (DBNLM) Willem Safers says attempts to get a response from Eskom on the load reduction implemented in the municipality have been unsuccessful. The municipality is currently in a legal dispute with Eskom over the outstanding debt and wheeling agreements with the parties agreeing to resolve the issue by way of arbitration.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating a case of theft after a water tank was stolen from the Altona Primary School in Greenbushes in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says the complainant checked the school's cameras to make sure everything was still in order when she noticed the water tank was missing.

Police in George have opened up an inquest docket after a 10-year-old girl drowned at the Main Beach in Wilderness.