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 Independent candidate Francois Geldenhuys and the DA's Wayne Craig are contesting the Bitou Ward 2 by-election in Plettenberg Bay. IEC Provincial electoral officer Courtney Sampson says those needing to cast special votes did so on Tuesday

 Tourism's total contribution to the coffers of Nelson Mandela Bay and gross geographic product in 2011 amounted to just over R4b. That's according to tourism expert Peter Myles who was one of the speakers at Wednesday's function to welcome

 The Western Cape High Court has jailed Xolile Mngeni for life, for killing honeymoon tourist Anni Dewani. He was also sentenced to 15 years for robbery with aggravating circumstances and to 5 years for possession of an unlicensed firearm

 Police have warned the public about stokvels, after two people were killed in incidents involving the rotating credit societies. Spokesperson, Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela, says the members of a stokvel in Soweto were gathering to share

 A man will appear in court this week after being found with an unlicensed firearm at a Worcester roadblock. Western Cape police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Andre Traut, says the 43-year-old man will appear in the Worcester Magistrate's

 Two people have been arrested after the Uitenhage K9 unit confiscated more than 600kg of dagga worth R700 000. Police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Priscilla Naidu, says Warrant-Officer Jaques Adlem, Sergeant Melissa Potgieter and their

Nelson Mandela Bay rolled out the red carpet on Wednesday for the arrival of the first flight by SAA's low cost subsidiary Mango. Dignitaries, hoteliers and tour operators were on hand. Mango has introduced daily return flights between PE and

 The education department has placed a Soweto primary school teacher on a precautionary suspension following allegations that he sexually abused a pupil. The teacher, who is based at a Pimville school, is facing an internal disciplinary

 An application to have the ANC Youth League liquidated and the organisation's bank accounts frozen, has been lodged with the Johannesburg High Court. According to court papers, close corporation Z2 Presentations claims that the league owes