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Eastern Cape police have the numbers to ensure the 2024 general elections are not disrupted at the more than 4,868 polling stations, provincial commissioner Lieutenant-General Nomthetheleli Mene said on Sunday.

Nearly 300 students from Nelson Mandela University (NMU) celebrated Africa Day on Friday by singing along to award-winning a cappella group The Soil.

South Africans head to the polls this week in a landmark general election, with several parties making a last-minute push to rally supporters and sway voters in Nelson Mandela Bay.

Celebrating two decades of learning on May 28, the University of the Third Age (U3A) Port Elizabeth group is growing from strength to strength, propelled by a wizened cohort of elders.

Plans for the upcoming Welcoming the Whales Festival were unveiled at The Boardwalk on Friday, promising fun runs and walks, talks on various whale topics, a shark movie, interactive drumming and fire dancing.

International relations minister Naledi Pandor hopes the International Criminal Court (ICC) will make a speedy decision on requests for a warrant of arrest for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A racially charged WhatsApp message allegedly sent by a Shoprite manager in KwaNobuhle prompted the EFF to storm the shop on Friday, demanding she be suspended.

Eastern Cape police made a major breakthrough with the arrest of three people in connection with a Willowvale mass shooting which claimed the lives of seven people, including four family members, one of whom was an eight-year-old boy. The news of the arrest was announced by community safety MEC Xolile Nqatha at a community safety imbizo at Bhojini in Willowvale on Saturday.

Robert Mngambi is an Eastern Cape healthcare worker who goes the extra mile to ensure that people who cannot afford private healthcare have access to quality services. The 32-year-old works as a theatre nurse and describes his job as fascinating. Despite initially aspiring to a career in broadcasting, fate led him to the noble vocation of nursing, where he found his true calling and embraced it with passion.

An Eastern Cape school security guard is set to appear in court on Monday after he allegedly shot dead a 13-year-old schoolboy and injured another pupil on the school premises. The shooting, which occurred at night at Matafeni Junior Secondary School near Lusikisiki, has left the community shocked and traumatised.