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Uitenhage police have warned the community not to pick up or handle any strange or foreign objects that they recover at the Strelitzia dam at the town.Captain Gerda Swart says this follows after two people found two old and unused mortars in the dam

Port Elizabeth police are investigating the shooting of two men in an incident in Sanctor early on Saturday morning.Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, said three men standing in front of a house in Flame Lilly Street at around 1 am when

Port Elizabeth police said that one person drowned when a boat returning from a fishing trip capsized near Noordhoek on Saturday morning.Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, said it was reported that four men were fishing early in the

Five people sustained critical injuries and were rushed to hospital after a state-owned minibus with three officials collided head-on with a sedan on the R61 between Mthatha and eNgcobo on Saturday morning.Eastern Cape Transport Department

The humanitarian organisation, Gift of the Givers says it will be delivering eight truckloads of fodder to Graaff-Reinet on Tuesday.Founder, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman says the need for fodder from emerging and commercial farmers to feed hungry and dying

A 33-year old Eastern Cape man has been sentenced to 11 years direct imprisonment for the murder of his 26-year old girlfriend.Police Captain Mali Govender says Zwelenzima Christopher Blou from Bathurst was sentenced on Friday for the murder of

The luxury superyacht Aquijo is paying its first visit to Nelson Mandela Bay.Measuring 86m in length, the vessel is owned by a European businessman and is said to be the largest high-performance yacht in the world.It was built through a first time

The 16 penguins which were rescued in July following an oil spillage in Algoa Bay were released back into the ocean at the St Croix Islands on Friday.The penguins were rescued by SANParks Marine Rangers and were treated at the Port Elizabeth centre

By Lucas NowickiContractors have abandoned more than 50 major school upgrade projects in the Eastern Cape after government departments failed to pay them on time.Many of these schools have been stripped of valuable materials and vandalised after