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A Bishop of the Episcopal Church of Ethiopia, Bishop Mzukisi Banzana has lost his appeal challenging his conviction and subsequent 12-year prison sentence imposed in 2017 for corruption.

The Democratic Alliance said hundreds of young learners from Laerskool Grens in Buffalo City are being crammed into overcrowded classrooms because work on the new school they were promised four years ago has ground to a halt.

Muir said the Metro’s health care system is over-stretched and is over-flowing with hospitals in both the public and private sectors running at full or near-full capacity.

The unemployment rate in the country has increased by 7.5% to 30.8% in the third quarter of the year which fell under the COVID-19 national lockdown.

The Premier of the Eastern Cape Province, Mr Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane has tested positive for COVID-19.

The Grahamstown High Court has granted the Asset Forfeiture Unit of the National Prosecuting Authority a final forfeiture order of approximately R19 million against assets that were the proceeds of tender fraud.

The ANC has offered its condolences to the family and friends of former Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Mongomeli Bobani, who passed away in a Port Elizabeth hospital on Wednesday, three weeks after being admitted with Covid-19.

An anonymous person caused a commotion in Mossel Bay on Wednesday when he donated R100 000 to the local Pep Stores, with specific instructions that the money be used by residents who need to buy clothing or anything else they might need.

The government would be implementing intervention measures in the Eastern Cape following a spike in Covid19 cases in the province, particularly in Nelson Mandela Bay.