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Port Elizabeth police arrested a 27-year-old man after a vehicle was hijacked in Kwazakhele on Saturday evening.

Nelson Mandela Bay Acting Mayor, Thsonono Buyeye has appointed Anele Qaba to act as the new City Manager following the arrest of Mvuleni Mapu on Friday.

The Port Elizabeth Specialised Commercial Crimes Court has sentenced an illegal immigrant from Malawi to 15-years imprisonments for defrauding a Motherwell teacher of R669 000 in a get reach quick scam.

The acting Nelson Mandela Bay Municipal Manager Mvuleni Mapu has been accused of defrauding the Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements out of close on R13 million.

An official from the Department of Correctional Services was killed in an accident involving a stationary vehicle on the N2 in Cotswold on Friday morning.

The Hawks have confirmed the arrest on Friday of the Acting City Manager in Nelson Mandela Bay as well as the director of a private entity Trade and Qadi Trading CC.

The Nasional Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) are appealing to all surfers, paddlers and bathers along the Southern Cape coastline, particularly Buffels Bay, to be cautious following a whale carcass that remains at the Wild side of Buffels Bay in the shallow surf.

Tyre manufacturer Bridgestone has proposed the closure of its 84-year-old manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth and on Thursday issued Section 189 retrenchment notices to around 250 employees at the facility.

Police in Mossel Bay are still on the lookout for a man who escaped from police custody at the Great Brak River Magistrates Court on Tuesday.