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South African National Parks said it had introduced stricter measures to curb Covid19 infections at three of its sections including Tsitsikamma, Knysna and Wilderness.

A Port Elizabeth-based pilot who was charged in a culpable homicide case on the Port Elizabeth beachfront in May last year has been acquitted of all the charges against him.

The humanitarian organisation, Gift of the Givers, will hand over a 20-bed isolation facility to Settlers Hospital in Makhanda on Tuesday.

Eastern Cape beaches will be closed from Wednesday until the 3 January. This was one of a raft of measures announced on Monday night by President Cyril Ramaphosa, amid a spike in Covid19 cases in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Kwazulu Natal and Gauteng.

Nelson Mandela Bay ANC Councillor, Lunga Nombexeza, appeared in the Uitenhage Magistrates’ Court on Monday on a charge of attempted murder.

An 83-year-old man sustained a stab wound to the arm when five men stormed into a farmhouse in the Kirwood area in the Eastern Cape on Sunday morning.

Religious leaders have appealed to President Cyril Ramaphosa to “urgently intervene in the malaise” that has set in and taken root in Nelson Mandela Bay.

The Eastern Cape Health Department said MEC, Sindiswa Gomba, has tested positive for Covid19. The Department said her test results were confirmed on Sunday.

The Eastern Cape Government has confirmed that it took a decision along with the mayors of coastal municipalities to close the province’s beaches over the Festive Season.