Residents across Nelson Mandela Bay are facing water supply disruptions and power outages as the municipality works to restore affected services.
Police arrested four suspected drug dealers and seized drugs worth an estimated R20 000 during separate operations in Despatch and Addo.
Nelson Mandela Bay’s water recovery has been delayed by vandalism to a key water main and a technical fault at the Churchill Water Treatment Works.
Police are appealing for information after a 36-year-old man was shot dead and another wounded in a shooting in New Brighton on 3 July.
The suspect is expected to appear in the New Brighton Magistrate’s Court today, facing charges of murder, armed robbery and the possession of firearms.
Two men have been sentenced for fraud and money laundering after a Standard Bank impersonation scam stole R1.07 million from a victim.
Over 300 Zimbabwean nationals are awaiting voluntary repatriation from Nelson Mandela Bay following the 30 June March and March deadline.
Police have confirmed no arrests have been made in the murders of Eastern Cape ANC leaders Sicelo Mleve and Wonele Gontshi, who were gunned down last month.
Former Blom Vervoer bookkeeper Michelle Van der Merwe was convicted at the KwaMaqoma Magistrate’s Court for stealing R2.3 million from her employer.
Truckloads of tyres, rubble and other waste were removed from Chatty’s sewer system, prompting renewed calls to stop sewer dumping.