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Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor, Eugene Johnson, has made another impassioned plea to residents to reduce water consumption over the Festive period as visitors are expected to flock to the Metro for the Festive Season. She told a media briefing on Wednesday that the City's tourism office forecasts an 80% occupancy rate in hotels, B&B's and other accommodation facilities over this period, excluding so-called walk-ins and last minute bookings which she said would place additional strain on water resources.

Two people were killed after two trucks and a taxi collided at the N2 intersection at Deal Party. A spokesperson for Provincial Traffic Unathi Binqose says the accident happened shortly after midnight at the M4 intersection in Gqeberha.

The Gqeberha businessman accused of plotting the murder of his estranged wife will spend Christmas behind bars. Fifty-five-year-old Arnold Terblanche has been in custody for 35 days and is in a desperate plea for bail to look after his 12-year-old son.

The Eastern Cape Education Department is one of five Provincial Education Departments that will face legal action from the SA Human Rights Commission over the lingering issue of pit latrines at schools.

Two Gqeberha children received an early Christmas present when they underwent life-saving surgeries to repair holes in their tiny hearts. Six-year-old Sheronique Mengie and 10-year-old Cayson Cerfonteyn, were discharged last Saturday from the Busamed Private Hospital in Paardevlei in Cape Town.

The Eastern Cape Health Department said it was a priority to repair the 49 health facilities that were badly damaged in severe storms that ravaged parts of the Joe Gqabi and Alfred Nzo Districts last week. The damage has been provisionally estimated at around R10 million.

George Municipality’s Law Enforcement has sent a stern warning to beachgoers after they tried to bring hundreds of litres of alcohol worth thousands of Rands onto various beaches in one day.

It has been a month since a 25-year-old tour guide mysteriously disappeared from a wedding venue in Kariega in the Eastern Cape. Captain Swart confirmed to Algoa FM News that Kruger's camera was found hanging from a tree in the bushes near the venue and it was quickly established that the SD card had been removed.

Quick action by private security officers led to the arrest of a 28-year-old house robbery suspect in Walmer, Gqeberha on Sunday night.