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Port Elizabeth police are searching for four men who robbed the Zwide Post Office on Friday morning.

Hospitalised learners from Makaula Senior Secondary School in KwaBhaca, Eastern Cape, have been cleared after testing positive for Covid-19 last month.

Bambi the hippopotamus, who was found wandering along the Rondevlei section of False Bay Nature Reserve last year, has finally found a home.

Police Spokesperson Sergeant Majola Nkohli says the suspect pretended to be looking for work when he assaulted and grabbed the woman's phone in her house in Sunnybank Way.

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Acting Mayor Councillor Thsonono Buyeye has reiterated his concerns over the increasing number of COVID-19 infections in the City saying a lockdown is the only way the infection rate could be controlled during the winter season.

A Port Elizabeth doctor who tried to kill his wife last year was sentenced in the Regional Court on Wednesday to 10-years in prison.

The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) has requested a full report from the courier company, Gibela Trade and Invest, which is responsible for transporting swabs and specimens to their laboratories in the Province

Nelson Mandela Bay's main supply dams have slumped to 18.35% of total capacity.

The Eastern Cape government said it was engaging national government on a two-week extension to the timeframes to reopen schools for additional grades. This, as 200 schools in the province remain closed due to Covid19 while 91 have reopened.