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Bitou became a hung council following the announcement by its mayor that the coalition agreement between the Active United Front (AUF) and the African National Congress (ANC) had been terminated.Bitou mayor Peter Lobese, who is a member of the AUF

PARLIAMENT, April 5 (ANA) – A special sitting of Parliament has been scheduled for April 18 for a vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma.Speaker Baleka Mbete, through a statement from Parliament, confirmed she received letters from

A new Cooperative Business Chamber was officially launched in Nelson Mandela Bay in a bid to boost the local economy.The Chamber was officially launched by the Eastern Cape Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism and

Parliament on Wednesday confirmed the resignation of former Transport Minister Dipuo Peters as a member of the National Assembly.“The resignation was effective from 31 March,” Parliament said in a statement.Peters was among the ministers

The former municipal manager of Oudtshoorn Municipality has been sentenced to an effective five years behind bars for corruption.The Oudtshoorn Regional Court convicted Martin Noël Pietersen of abusing R2 million of taxpayers’ money in

The construction of a mosque in Rawson Street in Knysna has been given the green light by the Western Cape High Court.Earlier today the court dismissed an application by Rawson Street homeowners, supported by the Knysna Ratepayers Association, to

The case against a former Democratic Alliance (DA) activist accused of defaming Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Athol Trollip was once again postponed in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday because Nontuthuzelo Jack was unable to

The director general of finance, Lungisa Fuzile, is resigning, less than a week after President Jacob Zuma fired Pravin Gordhan as finance minister.Fuzile confirmed his resignation on Wednesday afternoon, saying he had asked Gordhan last week to

A Port Elizabeth man, accused of stabbing his estranged wife several times, was back in the city’s magistrate’s court on Wednesday where the case against him was once again postponed.Forty-seven-year old Martin Stevens, from Algoa Park