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Super 14 can reclaim elite tournament status

If officials take lessons from past mistakes and apply them in 2024, the much-maligned EC Super 14 tournament can reclaim its status as SA's No 1 ranked club rugby tournament.

Comment-policy , Tournament , Lessons , Super-14 , Hr280224p , Kosie-basson , Ec , Sa , Eastern-cape , Adcock-stadium , De-wet-stadium

Mandela Bay Arts Festival expected to shine brightly this weekend

As the final curtain is set to fall on the 2024 Mandela Bay Arts Festival this weekend, festivalgoers are in for a treat as some big names will still take to the stage to round out the occasion.

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Metro employs wardens to help beef up safety for residents, businesses and tourists

The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has deployed 32 new safety and security wardens to the Gqeberha central business district to improve safety for residents, tourists and businesses.

Kariega , Eastern-cape , South-africa , Public-works-programme , Security-industry-regulatory-authority , Nelson-mandela-bay , Stag-mitchell , City-hall , Donkin-reserve , Fort-frederick , Extended-public-works

Mandela Bay Arts Festival off to welcoming start

With the Mandela Bay Arts Festival in full swing after officially opening last week, it has proved to be both bigger and better than last year’s in serving as a platform to showcase the region’s artistic prowess.

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Threats to workers' safety see R75 road maintenance halted

Road maintenance along Nelson Mandela Bay’s R75 road has ground to a halt as the appointed contractor fears for the safety of its workers.

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Home robbers in Nelson Mandela Bay targeting family dogs, police warn

The police in Nelson Mandela Bay have identified an alarming new trend in which robbers attack family pets to shut them up before breaking in to homes or holding up their occupants.

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Deteriorating condition of R75 threatens key Eastern Cape trade route — DA

The R75, which links Kariega and Despatch to the broader Nelson Mandela Bay area, is beset with smashed guardrails, broken traffic lights and overgrown grass along the centre island.

Kariega , Eastern-cape , South-africa , Sundays-river , Retief-odendaal , Mbulelo-peterson , Georgina-faldtman , Yusuf-cassim , Nelson-mandela-bay , Johnson-road , South-african-national-roads

Arson thought to be behind many of the fires raging in metro

Firefighters have had their hands full with more than 400 fires raging across Nelson Mandela Bay since January 1 — and fire and emergency services department officials suspect many of them may have been deliberately set.

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Bay family desperate to find missing single mom

As the hours and days tick by, a Nelson Mandela Bay family is becoming increasingly worried about a student who failed to return home.

Brandon-nel , Ovayo-sithole , Simtembile-mgidi , Nelson-mandela-bay , Comment-policy , Nonkosazana , Priscilla-naidu , Despatch , Hr0802 , Ovayo , Images-hair-academy

Suspects arrested with seven guns 'likely linked to robbery syndicate'

Within four hours of receiving information about an alleged robbery gang gathering for a possible heist, police units in Gqeberha had them surrounded and executed a plan that saw eight suspects arrested and seven illegal firearms removed from the streets.

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