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As the ANC looks set for another five-year term at the helm of the Eastern Cape government, party chair Oscar Mabuyane has vowed to prioritise cleaning the rot in the ailing provincial health department if he is reappointed as premier.

Despite early results favouring majority rule for the ANC in the Eastern Cape, the ANC in the province is worried this support may not be enough to save the party nationally.

Education MEC Fundile Gade has come to the assistance of a family for the burial of a 13-year-old Grade 8 pupil who was fatally shot, allegedly by a security guard, at his Lusikisiki school.

Renowned South African artists, media personalities, broadcasters and local artists will be taking to the Impolo Yabahlobo stage on Saturday.

Nelson Mandela Bay residents can now comment on the first draft report by the climate smart city team which is developing a strategy to counter the hotter, drier and stormier times ahead.

As results were trickling in on Thursday after a watershed 2024 general election, the ANC was on course to potentially lose its hold on the government for the first time in 30 years.

Political parties rarely find common ground, and it was evident in Nelson Mandela Bay where they clashed over whether the voter turnout for the 2024 general elections was low or high. Though some voting stations experienced long queues with wait times of up to six hours, many in Motherwell, New Brighton and Kwazakhele remained fairly quiet throughout the day.

In addition to a string of murder charges and more than 40 counts of fraud, the seven people linked to a syndicate allegedly behind the murders of more than a dozen people for life insurance payouts could now face a racketeering charge.

The Eastern Cape IEC has admitted to glitches in the online systems to track the results for the national and provincial elections.

The failure of South Africa to send boxers to the ongoing Olympic qualifiers in Thailand has unleashed a wave of discontent, with some fighters who were in the national team openly bashing the SA National Boxing Organisation (Sanabo).