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The Eastern Cape Executive Council has approved the budget reprioritisation request tabled by the provincial Department of Health on Thursday.

The man accused of killing Gqeberha mother Vicki Terblanche has brought an application to apply for bail. Reinhardt Leach and his co-accused Arnold Terblanche made a brief appearance in the city's High Court on Friday.

A Gqeberha couple accused of murdering the woman's toddler more than a decade ago made another brief appearance in the city's High Court on Friday.

"This has serious implications for tourism and discourages people from enjoying the ambience of the natural beauty of our beachfront. It also encourages opportune crimes whilst the road network infrastructure is being eroded. We cannot allow this situation to continue"

Eastern Cape police are investigating two cases of murder and 12 of attempted murder in what is believed to be taxi-related violence in the Maclear area.

A man who was kidnapped in Port Alfred on Monday has been rescued by police. Spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the 56-year-old victim was found in a house in Kwanobuhle on Thursday with his hands and feet bound.

ISUZU Motors South Africa has teamed up with Rally to Read to promote literacy in Nelson Mandela Bay.

The 30 hopefuls are an impressive and diverse group and include graduates, teachers, models, businesswomen and entrepreneurs, a medical student, creatives, a choreographer, a would-be saxophonist and a young woman with profound hearing loss. One was in the Miss South Africa Top 3 in 2019.

EC traffic department has not issued tickets for years.