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Just as one kidnapping drama came to an end this week, Nelson Mandela Bay police were faced with yet another abduction when a Chinese national was snatched from outside his workplace in Kariega on Wednesday.
In her bid for bail, former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has told the Pretoria magistrate's court that she is not a flight risk and would not evade trial as that would result in her losing her pension.
National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, who recently took a special leave to deal with allegations of corruption, has resigned.
Having been snatched outside a business in North End, her face covered with a jacket, and bundled into the back of an Audi, a businesswoman has described the torment she experienced for 24 hours before miraculously escaping her abductors in Motherwell.
Residents and visitors to Nelson Mandela Bay will be left high and dry this summer season, with the majority of municipal swimming pools having to remain shut because the facilities are dilapidated, with some in a state of disrepair.