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Port Elizabeth police are searching for three men who robbed a couple in their home on an estate in Collen Glen on Tuesday night

VWSA boss, Thomas Schaefer, said he hoped that the South African car market would not weaken by more than 15% this year.

Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba has intervened following the temporary closure of King Williams Town’s Grey Hospital.

Volkswagen Group South Africa said it had secured about R107m in funding to convert its Port Elizabeth plant into a temporary medical facility to assist in the fight against the covid19 pandemic.

Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has again urged South Africans to continue to stay home. The minister’s message comes as seven more fatalities have been recorded, bringing the total number of coronavirus deaths in the country to 138 and the number of infections on 7 220.

The Eastern Cape Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Liziwe Ntshinga has condemned the arrest of four police constables from East London who are allegedly linked to an armed robbery and extortion case.

The Eastern Cape Transport Department have expressed their disappointment in allegations that luxury coaches, domestic bus companies as well as minibus taxis in the province have been implicated in hiking their prices during Level 4 lockdown.

The average combined capacity of Nelson Mandela Bay’s main supply dams continues to edge closer to 20%, and according to figures released by the municipality on Monday, are currently at just 20.2% of capacity.

The Department of Employment and Labour has expressed its concern over reports of members of the public who visited labour centres in large numbers on Monday, despite the nationwide lockdown.