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The ANC has reclaimed the mayoral position in Nelson Mandela Bay after Eugene' Johnson beat DA mayoral candidate Nqaba Bhanga by a solitary vote.

Four people were killed in a two-vehicle crash in the Eastern Cape on Sunday evening.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating an armed robbery after four men stole jewellery worth half a million rand at Baywest Mall.

Gqeberha police have found abalone with an estimated street value of more than R1-million rand at a drying facility in Motherwell.

Twenty cases of typhoid fever were recorded between August and September this year in the Garden Route area.

A 28-year old man from Gqeberha has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 42-year-old Ettiene Danster in May 2020.

The Western Cape High Court has jailed a 32-year-old pastor and a hitman to life imprisonment for the murder of a woman in a series of insurance scams that could have potentially netted them R26.9 million.

The estranged husband of slain Gqeberha mother Vicki Terblanche has made his first appearance in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's Court. Fifty-three-year-old Arnold Terblanche, dressed in khaki pants and a black shirt and jacket, seemed calm and relaxed as he entered the dock with a bottle of water in his hand. His young girlfriend, dressed in a black suit, and a few other supporters were also in court on Friday.

Police are investigating a case of attempted murder following a shooting opposite the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's Court. Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscila Naidu says it is alleged that a 25-year-old was sitting inside a Ford Fiesta when an unknown person fired multiple shots at the vehicle just before midday on Thursday.