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Former South African president Nelson Mandela made his first public appearance in six months on Wednesday when he received a symbolic flame to mark the ruling ANC's centenary at his rural home in Qunu. A healthy-looking Mandela, seated on an

 Police at Elliotdale in the Eastern Cape have arrested nine school children aged 17 and 18. They were arrested for allegedly setting fire to their Thongani Junior Secondary School premises in Thongani Village in Elliotdale just outside

Nelson Mandela Bay regional ANC Chairperson Nceba Faku has arrived at Walmer Township in Port Elizabeth to address irate residents who are staging a service delivery protest. A large crowd of up to 1,000 people has gathered at the entrance to

Police at Butterworth are asking for the community's assistance in arresting those responsible for the attack on a family while they were asleep. Police captain Ernest Sigobe says four members of the same family were attacked in the early hours

Residents of Walmer Township in Port Elizabeth embarked on a second straight day of service delivery protests on Wednesday morning. Police Captain Stanley Jarvis said more than 200 residents began burning tyres before sunrise and Victoria Drive

Former President Nelson Mandela has returned to his hometown of Qunu in the Eastern Cape, with the presidency describing him as being in good health. Spokesman Mac Maharaj said Mandela had stayed at his Houghton home in Johannesburg for the past

The Eastern Cape Provincial Education Department plans to spend more than R295 million on schools in Nelson Mandela Bay during the 2012/13 financial year. Included in the capital expenditure, is R71.1 million for the Sunshine Special School in

Eastern Cape doctors protested on Tuesday, because the provincial health department has failed to pay their salaries for almost six months. The National Union of Metalworkers of SA says the picket, held at the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in

Domestic consumers could find themselves paying more than the 11.03% increase for electricity announced by the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, depending on the amount of power they consume. The municipality stresses, however, that the average