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Four business owners who operate car washes in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro have been fined R1 500 each for using hose pipes on their premises.

A 32-year-old man is expected to appear in the Queenstown Magistrates court this week following his arrest for possession of abalone.

The Eastern Cape Transport Department says six learners were killed and 18 other people were injured when two vehicles that were involved in an accident ploughed into a group of learners walking home.

The item was thoroughly debated during a virtual special council meeting on Tuesday which was attended by Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu. He addressed Council on his department's plans to prevent taps from running dry in the Metro. He said access to water is a Constitutional right.

A 50-year-old teacher from Erika Primary School in Mossel Bay will remain behind bars for now following his arrest for alleged sexual assault of pupils.

The search for an enduro rider who went missing after the Lilyfontein Funduro event on Saturday is continuing. The rider, identified as 37-year-old Nick Klingelhoeffer was last seen leaving campus on his KTM motorbike to complete a second lap and was not seen again.

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Water and Sanitation Director Joseph Tsatsire says the Metro is looking at roping in the assistance of the South African National Defence Force in dealing with the growing water crisis in the city.

A 24-year-old suspected robber is in police custody following an armed robbery at a supermarket in Kariega on Sunday. Police spokesperson Captain Gerda Swart says five suspects, two of them armed, entered a supermarket in Durban street shortly after 7 pm.

Reality is starting to hit home for thousands of Nelson Mandela Bay residents that the Metro is about to run out of water. The unsettling sight of construction work taking place on communal water collection points across the city is a tangible reminder that day zero is drawing ever closer.