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Lynn Spence is a senior reporter at The Herald and Weekend Post.

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Kouga municipality water safe to drink

The water supply in the Kouga municipality is safe to drink and was not affected by the contamination crisis that recently rocked Nelson Mandela Bay.

Arbitrator Themba Manganyi applauded Chabalala for not wasting the  Education Labour Relations Council’s time by contesting the charges. Stock photo.

'Expired meat' could be to blame for mass sickness at EC school

About 120 pupils started feeling sick shortly after they ate their lunch at a Kenton-on-Sea school as part of the school nutrition programme.

Total of four arrested over death of woman, 75, accused of witchcraft.

Eastern Cape teen identifies mob justice victim as one of her alleged attackers

A Kariega teenager who was allegedly accosted and raped on Sunday has identified a man with several injuries, allegedly due to mob justice, as one of the perpetrators. As detectives placed the 25-year-old suspect under arrest while he lay…

Murder accused Arnold Terblanche at a previous court appearance in the Gqeberha magistrate’s court. On Thursday, the controversial businessman was granted bail of R1m

Eastern Cape businessman accused of ordering wife’s murder is denied bail

Vicki Terblanche was drugged and then suffocated before being buried in a shallow grave.

The commissioner of the Competition Commission is visited several  schools in the Eastern Cape to raise awareness on school uniform guidelines

Competition Commission checking on school uniform compliance

The commissioner of the Competition Commission visited several schools in the Eastern Cape to raise awareness on school uniform guidelines.

Ex-attorney Anne Swanepoel jailed for 10 years

Disgraced Gqeberha attorney and convicted fraudster Anne Swanepoel was sentenced to an effective 10 years’ imprisonment by the city’s Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday.

Luthando Siyoni has been found guilty of Jayde Panayiotou's murder.

Luthando Siyoni found guilty of Jayde Panayiotou's murder

The fifth and final person implicated in Jayde Panayiotou's hit murder has been convicted.

Former Nelson Mandela Bay attorney Anne Swanepoel at an earlier court hearing

Former EC attorney Anne Swanepoel could have bail revoked

Disgraced former Nelson Mandela Bay attorney and convicted fraudster Anne Swanepoel could have her bail revoked before her sentencing proceedings conclude.

Portia 'Pankie' Sizani is to appear in the Gqeberha Commercial Crimes Court again in December after her case was postponed on Monday

Sizani’s fraud trial hits another snag

The likelihood that the marathon trial of Portia “Pankie” Sizani will get started again in 2021 dwindled when the case was postponed on Monday in Gqeberha.

Pupils and teachers run to safety as fire breaks out at EC school

Pupils and teachers at Sapphire Road Primary School in Bethelsdorp scattered for safety on Thursday afternoon after when a fire broke out on the premises.

Several vehicles have been set alight in Durban Road, Korsten.

WATCH | Shops and more than 10 taxis torched in Gqeberha

Gunshots were fired, and shops and minibus taxis set alight, causing pandemonium in Durban Road, Korsten, on Wednesday afternoon.

Eastern Cape father of murdered blind baby appears in court

While the distraught family of a blind, 10-month old baby finalised his funeral arrangements on Monday, the boy’s father appeared in the magistrate’s court in Gqeberha for allegedly murdering him.

Getting their creative juices flowing during a recent event are, back from left, Evelyn Markides, Bernadette Swartz, Nelisa Grootboom, from Hankey, Anene Jonck, manager of the Kouga mayor and speaker’s office, and, in front, Zoleka Eunice Boeman, from Thornhill

Sewing venture aims to empower Eastern Cape women

A group of women from different backgrounds are tackling unemployment and gender-based violence in the Kouga area — one stitch at a time.

Bongani Faku was positively identified during an identity parade.

Deadly Eastern Cape home invasion 'planned from prison', court hears

For eight years, the son of a domestic worker allegedly plotted a vicious attack on the couple who had employed his mother.

The man accused of murdering Shenice Jonathan will apply for bail in Gqeberha’s magistrate’s court next week

Man accused of Gqeberha killing to apply for bail

The man accused of murdering Schauderville resident Shenice Jonathan has every intention of applying for bail in Gqeberha’s magistrate’s court next week.