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Water and Sanitation minister Senzo Mchunu will be returning to the Eastern Cape on Tuesday and Wednesday to assess the state of water supply and water projects meant to bring much needed relief in the drought-stricken Nelson Manddela Bay Metro and local municipalities under the Sarah Baartman District, including Kouga and Makana.

Gqeberha police have opened an inquest docket following the deaths of a mother and her daughter who perished in a shack fire in Motherwell. The tragic inicident took place in Nkonjane Street just after midnight on Sunday.

Gauteng police arrested five suspects believed to be members of a cash-in-transit on charges of conspiracy to commit armed robbery.

A senior manager attached to the Environmental Crime Investigative Unit (CIU) at SANParks was stormed and killed by a hippopotamus on Saturday.

Gqeberha police have made a breakthrough in the Chatty triple murder case. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu said three suspects were arrested on Friday following the murders of Christopher Mentoor (28), Darren Aphew (29) and Winston Clarke (30) in the early hours of Tuesday morning in Booysen Park.

Service delivery issues, including a shortage of water, crumbling road infrastructure and a high unemployment rate were some of the hot topics President Cyril Rampahosa had to tackle when he engaged with residents of Tsomo in the Eastern Cape on Friday. Ramaphosa was in the area as part of the District Development Model Presidential Imbizo.

Mossel Bay's municipal manager Colin Puren has been ordered to pay back more than half a million rand following an urgent motion that was brought by Mayor Dirk Kotzé during a special council meeting this week. At the meeting it was decided to revoke Puren's previous salary package.

A Parliamentary Committee has called for the removal of suspended Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, based on "conclusive evidence" of incompetence as well as misconduct..

Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Gary van Niekerk on Friday pointed the finger at his predecessor for the role that he played in National Treasury withholding more than R591 million in grant funding from the metro.