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Two men were sentenced in the Port Elizabeth Magistrates Court on Thursday after robbing a woman of her cellphone on Christmas day in 2017.Spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the 24-year-old Ayanda Skhoboyi and his 22-year-old accomplice

A 57-year-old councillor from the Matatiele Local Municipality appeared in the Maluti Magistrate’s Court on Thursday for the alleged rape of a 14-year-old epileptic girl.Eastern Cape police spokesperson, Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana has

Trade and Industry Minister, Ebrahim Patel, said the new R135m Aberdare Cables High Voltage Cable plant investment in Port Elizabeth was a vote of confidence in the Eastern Cape economy.Aberdare Cables South Africa officially launched the multi

Residents of Komani are experiencing ongoing water problems due to an inconsistent electrical supply to McEwan's Pumps Station.The Chris Hani District Municipality says this has resulted in extremely low water levels in the reservoirs.It says

Four Kwazulu Natal police members and a security guard have been arrested for kidnapping two men and trying to extort money from them.Police said the incident happened late on Wednesday night when the five abducted the two men in Springfield at

A family of seven has died after their house burnt down in the early hours of Thursday morningSpokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana says Willowvale police responded to a call at about 4 am about a house on fire at Ciko Village in the Mnqayi

Several Port Elizabeth TVET College students opened cases of fraud against the National Students Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) on Wednesday afternoon.About 100 students marched through the city centre, carrying satchels on their backs, to protest in

The state-owned Coega Development Corporation, which operates the Coega special economic zone (SEZ)  in Nelson Mandela Bay, said on Thursday it had secured R2.6 billion in new investments in the 2018/19 financial year.The 18 new investments

Two open days meant to provide clarity and information on the newly-proclaimed Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area (MPA) will take place in Nelson Mandela Bay next week.Earlier in May, three new MPA's within SANParks were gazetted