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THE Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital will be hosting a free health screening and a 5km fun heart walk during September.

SIX-YEAR-OLD Emily Ras, from Lorraine Primary, has been doing charity work all around the Bay area to help those in need.

CUPCAKES 4 Kids with Cancer co-ordinator for Nelson Mandela Bay, Andrew Barry has dedicated his time to helping children with cancer after he fought the disease 20 years ago.

THE metro’s former MMC for Public Health, councillor Lance Grootboom, recently received an award for the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s food blitz initiative.

IN an attempt to create awareness of the high number of farm murders and attacks in South Africa, the 911-Riders drove from Port Elizabeth to Kirkwood Police Station last week.

WITH only 98.3mm of rainfall recorded during winter in Port Elizabeth, wildlife has been badly affected by the crippling water shortage.

ABOUT 264 people are confronted by a violent contact crime daily in the Eastern Cape. At least 20 of these people are raped and 11 of them are killed.

ALTERNATIVE water resources are in the pipeline for Nelson Mandela Bay following a recent visit from a Japanese delegation.

AFTER the back-to-back stops in Belgium and Italy, Formula 1 heads off for the fly-away races, for which the first stop is the Far East Asian city state of Singapore.