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The people of Engcobo in the Eastern Cape have waited seven years for a decent sportsground, and they will probably have to wait years more before the local municipality delivers on its promises.

EC's fiscal outlook remains constrained, mainly due to the economy that is not growing at the expected rate.

There's been a general sigh of relief and welcome as the South African Reserve Bank kept the repo rate unchanged at 8.25%.

It was a day of high drama on Wednesday afternoon when a father and his 11-year-old daughter were pulled out to sea in a fierce rip current at Herold’s Bay along the Garden Route. Thankfully – and also with the help of the NSRI’s famous pink rescue buoys – help quickly arrived in the form of three young quick-thinking swimmers and other role-players who managed to get the 36-year-old man and his child out of harm’s way.

The Gqeberha woman who allegedly hatched an elaborate plan to kill her ex-husband has launched an appeal against a Magistrate's refusal to grant her bail.

The Regional Court President for Kwazulu Natal appeared in court on Thursday on corruption-related charges.

Eastern Cape provincial commissioner Lt Gen Nomthetheleli Mene has extended her condolences to the family and loved ones of Captain Mawethu Mantshiyose from the Public Order Policing Unit in Aliwal North who paid the ultimate sacrifice while in the line of duty. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says Captain Mantshiyose was stabbed by a suspect wanted in connection with an assault to cause grievous bodily harm case.

An Eastern Cape police official and an alleged accomplice appeared in the East London Magistrates Court on Wednesday for their alleged attempt to defraud the Road Accident Fund (RAF). Hawks spokesperson Captain Yolisa Mgolodela says 50-year-old Warrant Officer Mandlenkosi Njekanye and 45-year-old Xolani Somtsewu are accused of trying to claim for an accident by changing the report that would have prejudiced the RAF to a cash value of nearly R5 million.