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The combination of strong winds, high temperatures and a lack of rain is having a severe impact on the level of Nelson Mandela Bay's main supply dams which are currently sitting at just 16% of total combined capacity

The appeal against the bail judgment of 55-year-old murder accused, Arnold Terblanche was heard at the Port Elizabeth High Court in Gqeberha on Thursday. Terblanche who is not present in court was denied bail in January.

The Ugie High School in the Eastern Cape is expected to operate as normal, following the murder of a 45-year-old man outside the premises on Wednesday. Police have launched a manhunt for three men who opened fire on the bakkie of the 45-year-old, identified in news reports as taxi operator, Phelo Nxangashe.

Officials at St Albans Correctional Centre in Gqeberha used generators overnight to supply power to the facility, following Wednesday's explosion and fire at the local sub-station. The Department of Correctional Services said the supply was totally cut-off.

A former Eastern Cape traffic officer who murdered his girlfriend after discovering she was HIV positive has been sentenced to life imprisonment. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson, Luxolo Tyali, said 38-year-old, Fanele Nxuseka was sentenced at the High Court in Port St. John's on Wednesday.

A 47-year-old Correctional Services official has been arrested for the murder of a woman whose body was found in his living quarters at an East London prison. Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli, says the victim has also been identified as 45-year-old Bulelwa Mxosa.

Bruce Campbell is without question one of the fittest, most physically active 34-year-olds in Nelson Mandela Bay. He runs vast distances, he rides his road bike and mountain bike even further, he paddles raging rivers and he shreds the swells in Algoa Bay on his surfboard, like Jordy Smith. Bruce Campbell also has Pompe disease - a genetic disorder in which glycogen builds up in the body's cells. It hasn't slowed him down though, in fact, quite the opposite.

A game reserve in Mossel Bay has welcomed the world's fastest land mammal, the Cheetah, at its new home. The three-year-old male, Hobbes, is the first Cheetah to set foot on Botlierskop after having lived in a reserve in the Greater Karoo.

Police in the Garden Route are searching for five suspects who robbed the Hartenbos Supermarket in Cape De Goede Hoop Avenue on Wednesday morning. Spokesperson Warrant Officer Kappie Kapp says the robbery took place at about 10 am.