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South Africa’s office vacancy rate reached an all-time high at the end of September, with around 15.4% of the country’s office property space now standing vacant.

An 80-year-old Eastern Cape man has been jailed for six years for raping his then teenage daughter more than 40 years ago.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber says it is deeply concerned about the low rate of vaccination take-up in the metro. CEO, Denise van Huysteen, said they were also concerned about the impact this could have on economic activity during the December holiday period.

Former Zambian football coach, Milutan Sredojevic, has been found guilty on two counts of sexually assaulting a 39-year-old woman during last year's Cosafa Cup Competition in Nelson Mandela Bay.

The Soul City Institute for Social Justice says they are appalled by the overturning by Acting Judge Tembeka Ngcukaitobi and Judge Nyameko Gqamana of the seven-year prison sentence originally handed down to Loyiso Coko for raping his partner.

Gqeberha police have arrested a suspect for the deadly arson attack in Blikkiesdorp in Kariega which left two people, including a three-year-old child, dead. Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, says the 32-year-old man was arrested in Rocklands on Monday night following good teamwork between different SAPS units.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality will be installing alarm systems at specific substations in an effort to curb widespread vandalism and theft of municipal infrastructure.

Police in Kariega are investigating a case of murder and attempted murder following an alleged mob justice attack in Kwanobuhle on Monday.

A 32-year-old man has been killed in the latest deadly shooting to rock Nelson Mandela Bay.