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

A patient transport vehicle was hijacked in Mthatha.

Police seek help in tracking down Motherwell murder suspects

Ikamvelihle detectives are on the hunt for the suspects involved in a double murder in Motherwell on Saturday.

Melinda Jantjies, 62, and her grandson, Marquin O’Conell, who is a pupil at Greenville Primary School, stare at the wall in a classroom where the chalkboards used to be mounted

Stolen chalkboards leave Greenville pupils in the dust

Teaching and learning at Greenville Primary School was dealt a devastating blow this week after thieves broke into the school and stole close to 30 chalkboards.

Outlining the DA's drought plans to avoid Day Zero hitting the metro by the end of May are DA councillors, from left, Annette Lovemore, Rano Kayser, Dries van der Westhuizen and Retief Odendaal

DA outlines drought crisis proposals for Nelson Mandela Bay

With one month left before dams start to run dry, Nelson Mandela Bay has no emergency plans in place.

Workers at Brito’s Bakery in Gqeberha say their employer owes them money

Brito’s Bakery overtime pay bun fight

Disgruntled employees at Brito’s Bakery in Gqeberha fear that a salary dispute with their employer could render them unable to put bread on the table.

Girl power earns Gqeberha woman Tuna Classic win

When a Gqeberha woman spent 30 minutes wrestling a yellowfin tuna , she did not have to follow through with an old wives’ tale as her catch really was almost as big as her.

Gqeberha’s Brenton Schnetler is raising awareness of testicular cancer. He plans to run 210km on the Bay’s streets before the end of April

Brenton ‘loves his nuts’ as he hits road

If you’ve spotted a bearded man running in the streets of Gqeberha in nothing but his speedo recently and thought that he is completely nuts, then you were not far off.

The teacher has been sentenced after pleading guilty to fraud-related charges.

New Brighton station commander faces fraud charges

The New Brighton station commander has been ordered to appear in court in connection with charges of fraud and corruption arising from the procurement of furniture for the police station.

Vermin and vagrants rule at decaying police flats

Vermin, vagrants and vandals have taken up residence at Algoa Park’s once-pristine police residential quarters

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WATCH | Police asleep on the job?

A lack of visible policing, serious crimes not being registered or properly investigated, and police officers who quite literally sleep on the job are some of the complaints levelled against the Algoa Park police precinct.

Police search for killers after several shooting deaths across city

Gqeberha police are on the hunt for several suspects after a spate of murders and attempted murders across the city in the past few days.

For years, the metro has been at loggerheads with SMMEs over the allocation of projects in the city, particularly in townships.

Judge labels Nelson Mandela Bay city manager row ‘utterly bizarre’

“Utterly bizarre” is how a judge has described the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality’s latest feud where councillors have asked the Gqeberha high court to decide who is in charge of the city’s administration.

EFF leader Julius Malema is being sued for R20m

Malema faces R20m defamation claim

A Gqeberha resident who went from being a parliamentarian to unemployed has put a hefty R20m price tag on his misfortune, and he wants EFF leader Julius Malema and the rest of the red berets to pay for it.

Rhodes and Nelson Mandela universities are co-hosting a Multilingualism Indaba from September 17-18 to celebrate and explore the importance of SA’s diverse languages in higher education.

Rhodes University finance administrator convicted of fraud

A former Rhodes University finance administrator has been found guilty of defrauding the university out of almost half-a-million rand.

E-hailer drivers and owners in Gqeberha are participating in a three-day nationwide shutdown

Disgruntled e-hailers down keys for three days

More than 200 members of the e-hailing community in Gqeberha downed their keys in solidarity with their national counterparts on the first day of a three-day shutdown on Tuesday. The rolling shutdowns had the buy-in from e-hailers in…

Shamone Maans and Cherol-Ann Adams formed part of the cleanup campaign at Greenville Primary School a month ago, undertaken in anticipation of the department of education doing basic refurbishments at the school

Greenville renovation promises not kept

The promised start date on which basic renovations and refurbishments were to be done at Greenville Primary School in Gqeberha has come and gone.