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Former environment minister Barbara Creecy has been accused of not being “even-handed’ in a dispute about African penguins. Bird conservation groups accuse Creecy of siding with the fishing industry in a wrangle over no-fishing zones near penguin breeding sites.

Eastern Cape police have confirmed that the death toll in Friday’s mass shooting in a village near Lusikisiki has risen to 18.

An investigation is underway into the deaths of three children, aged between 1 and 4, who died of suspected food poisoning in East London on Friday.

A coordinated effort between Atlas Security and the SAPS in Gqeberha has led to a breakthrough, with the arrest of suspects linked to a spate of muggings and robberies in the Summerstrand area.

Manhunt underway for gunmen who mowed down 17 people in a murderous rampage in a homestead in the Lusikisiki are of the Eastern Cape.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber has urged Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe to resolve the impending fuel crisis in the Metro.

Wentzel Lombard of Waterval Farm in Cradock duped an unsuspecting farmer from Bothaville out of more than R1 million in a sale involving more than 100 heavily pregnant cows.

The police ministry on Friday officially signed a cooperation agreement with the Eastern Cape provincial government as well as the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality. The cooperation agreement aimed to enhance collaboration and coordination among all stakeholders in the region, to address safety and security concerns effectively.

Seven foreign nationals and their employers were arrested during a “high impact” inspection blitz in parts of the Eastern Cape.