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The National Sea Rescue Institute has warned of increased shark activity along the southern Cape coastline, particularly around Plettenberg Bay.

Humansdorp police have launched a manhunt for four armed suspects who robbed a business in Main Street on Sunday afternoon before fleeing in a bakkie with a female victim still inside.

The Eastern Cape Health Department said that deep cleaning and decontamination of the Humansdorp Hospital is underway after 35 staff including those of a cleaning company tested positive for Covid19.

Port Elizabeth police are searching for a suspect involved in two serious incidents in which a woman was fatally wounded and another man robbed in Missionvale early on Saturday morning.

Eastern Cape Premier, Lubabalo Mabuyane will lead a team of government officials on Tuesday to the opening of phase 1 of the field hospital built by Volkswagen Group South Africa and funded by the German government for COVID-19 patients in Port Elizabeth.

The Eastern Cape MEC for Finance, Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Mlungisi Mvoko and his wife, Balise Mvoko have tested positive for COVID-19.

The South African Police Service said that its 10111 Centre and the Cluster Operational Command Centre in Port Elizabeth are temporarily closed, the third SAPS facility to be closed this week due to members testing positive for Covid19.

The Democratic Alliance said it had asked the South African Human Rights Commission to investigate the suitability of the ‘Medical Motorbikes’ that the Eastern Cape Department of Health launched a week ago for patient transport in the province.

Parents at Gobizizwe Senior Primary school in Majola village, Port St Johns, say they have been begging the Eastern Cape Department of Education to build them a new school for over 20 years.