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Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says the normal load shedding schedule will be implemented on Wednesday evening following an agreement that ended the strike in the Electricity and Energy Directorate.

Six teenagers from Gqeberha are expected to re-appear in the New Brighton Magistrates Court on Thursday on charges of kidnapping and hijacking. Spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says the six young men allegedly hijacked the driver of a Suzuki Swift two weeks ago near the Red Location.

The Cradock Business Forum and other stakeholders are spearheading a campaign opposed to the name change of the town to Nxuba, one of several changes published in a government gazette on the 26 of August by the Minister of Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa.

Four people have been arrested by the Hawks in the Eastern Cape for allegedly defrauding the SA Social Security Agency of more than R10 million rand.

Residents of Nelson Mandela Bay were spared load shedding on Tuesday night as a result of an apparent go-slow by officials in the Metro's Electricity and Energy Directorate.

Gqeberha residents needing state ambulance services will have their calls routed to the Makhanda EMC Control Centre which will then relay the request to ambulance services in Nelson Mandela Bay.

Gqeberha detectives are seeking the community’s assistance in identifying a deceased woman who died following an alleged hit-and-run incident last week.

A 37-year-old Eastern Cape Prosecutor accused of raping a 23-year-old university student has been granted bail in the Mthatha Magistrate's Court.

A member of the Kamesh local community watch was gunned down by cable thieves this morning.