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With this multipurpose entertainment facility, Makalima says the BCMDA seeks to consolidate the Metro’s coastal tourism offerings while diversifying entertainment spaces along the coastline to reduce congestion along the Esplanade beachfront – further attracting investors into the city.

Ongoing load shedding is taking its toll on Amatola Water Board infrastructure, with pumping hours reduced by between six to nine hours a day.

Motorists in Nelson Mandela Bay can expect roving roadblocks across the Metro this festive season. That's the word from Executive Mayor, Retief Odendaal, who says they will take a zero-tolerance approach to lawlessness on the roads particularly drinking and driving.

Three suspects made a brief appearance in the Cathcart Magistrate's Court on Monday morning in connection with the murder of two former Fort Hare University Lecturers from Hogsback. Sakhele Limba, Silindokuhle Mangali and Wanda Limba are between the ages of 23 and 33 and indicated to the court that they would be abandoning their bail application.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating a case of theft after a Caterpillar Excavator worth R1.5 million was stolen in Kwadwesi. Spokesperson Captain Andre Beetge says the machine was parked at premises near the Chatty Dip on Friday for work to be done after the weekend.

Two funeral parlour workers were killed after the mortuary vehicle they were traveling in overturned on the R391 between Burgersdorp and Steynsburg on Saturday.

Three people have been killed in an accident on the N9 between Aberdeen and Graaff Reinet in the Eastern Cape.

A 34-year-old Eastern Cape man, charged with fraud, alternatively theft, has been released on bail of R10 000 in the Mthatha Specialised Commercial Crimes Court.

Eastern Cape police are investigating a double murder and attempted murder following a shooting incident on the Mdantsane Access Road in the early hours of this morning. Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli says when police arrived at the murder scene they found the bodies of two men inside a silver VW Polo with an injured woman in the back.