<![CDATA[News Eastern Cape Category RSS]]> http://iol.co.za:80/cmlink/1.659 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:31:33 +0200 <![CDATA[ECape denies refusing treatment]]> http://www.iol.co.za/ecape-denies-refusing-treatment-1.1240333

The Eastern Cape health department has rubbished claims by a woman with elephantiasis that she was refused treatment.

]]> 1.1240333 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:31:33 +0200 <![CDATA[Pupil killed in crash]]> http://www.iol.co.za/pupil-killed-in-crash-1.1240294

A pupil has died and 11 others injured in two accidents near Mthatha in the Eastern Cape.

]]> 1.1240294 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:50:05 +0200 <![CDATA[Man held for armed robbery]]> http://www.iol.co.za/man-held-for-armed-robbery-1.1239906

A man has been arrested after an armed robbery at the KFC in Nelson Mandela Drive in Mthatha.

]]> 1.1239906 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:31:36 +0200 <![CDATA[Mandela warrant withdrawn]]> http://www.iol.co.za/mandela-warrant-withdrawn-1.1239508

A warrant for the arrest of former president Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandela has been withdrawn, Eastern Cape police said on Tuesday.

]]> 1.1239508 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:43:00 +0200 <![CDATA[Four armed men rob tavern]]> http://www.iol.co.za/four-armed-men-rob-tavern-1.1238403

Four armed men robbed a tavern in Zwelitsha, outside King William's Town.

]]> 1.1238403 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:24:20 +0200 <![CDATA[Elephantiasis sufferer turned away]]> http://www.iol.co.za/elephantiasis-sufferer-turned-away-1.1238146

A woman with elephantiasis has laid a complaint against a hospital after she was turned away from without treatment.

]]> 1.1238146 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:35:27 +0200 <![CDATA[Father drowns during rescue attempt]]> http://www.iol.co.za/father-drowns-during-rescue-attempt-1.1237628

A 30-year-old man has drowned while trying to rescue his two children at St Francis Bay in the Eastern Cape.

]]> 1.1237628 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:33:28 +0200 <![CDATA[Mandla Mandela ‘will not be arrested’]]> http://www.iol.co.za/mandla-mandela-will-not-be-arrested-1.1237465

Eastern Cape police say they are not going to arrest Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla for contempt of court.

]]> 1.1237465 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:07:00 +0200 <![CDATA[Cops deny issuing warrant of arrest for Mandela]]> http://www.iol.co.za/cops-deny-issuing-warrant-of-arrest-for-mandela-1.1237262

Eastern Cape police have denied reports that a warrant of arrest was issued for former president Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla.

]]> 1.1237262 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:51:20 +0200 <![CDATA[Babies rescued from hospital fire]]> http://www.iol.co.za/babies-rescued-from-hospital-fire-1.1237235

Fifty-three premature babies were evacuated from the Dora Nginza hospital in Port Elizabeth after a fire broke out in their ward.

]]> 1.1237235 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:14:44 +0200 <![CDATA[Motorist finds woman’s body]]> http://www.iol.co.za/motorist-finds-woman-s-body-1.1236195

The body of a woman was found next to a road in Malamulele, Limpopo.

]]> 1.1236195 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:01:02 +0200 <![CDATA[Refugee centre to reopen]]> http://www.iol.co.za/refugee-centre-to-reopen-1.1236183

The closing down of a Port Elizabeth refugee centre by the home affairs department has been ruled unlawful.

]]> 1.1236183 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:57:28 +0200 <![CDATA[Cops kill robbers]]> http://www.iol.co.za/cops-kill-robbers-1.1236036

Police killed two men during an attempted armed robbery at a cafe in Msobomvu, Eastern Cape.

]]> 1.1236036 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:12:33 +0200 <![CDATA[Woman hijacked, murdered]]> http://www.iol.co.za/woman-hijacked-murdered-1.1232935

An Eastern Cape municipal employee has been found murdered, a day after going missing.

]]> 1.1232935 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:31:03 +0200 <![CDATA[Teen attacked at church]]> http://www.iol.co.za/teen-attacked-at-church-1.1232904

A teenager has been attacked at the Gelvandale Church of the Nazarene in Nelson Mandela Bay, Port Elizabeth.

]]> 1.1232904 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:15:11 +0200 <![CDATA[Bees kill boy]]> http://www.iol.co.za/bees-kill-boy-1.1231943

A nine-year-old boy died after he was attacked by bees on his way home from school in King Williamstown.

]]> 1.1231943 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:58:35 +0200 <![CDATA[Woman denies recruiting drug mule]]> http://www.iol.co.za/woman-denies-recruiting-drug-mule-1.1231625

Nolubabalo Nobanda’s friend has denied helping to recruit and train her to smuggle cocaine into Thailand.

]]> 1.1231625 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:42:05 +0200 <![CDATA[Woman held for abalone poaching]]> http://www.iol.co.za/woman-held-for-abalone-poaching-1.1231091

An Eastern Cape woman was arrested after she was found in possession of abalone, periwinkles and an octopus.

]]> 1.1231091 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 20:04:43 +0200 <![CDATA[Faked death case on hold]]> http://www.iol.co.za/faked-death-case-on-hold-1.1230932

The bail application of a former US soldier accused of faking his own death has been postponed.

]]> 1.1230932 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 16:05:37 +0200 <![CDATA[Woman found strangled]]> http://www.iol.co.za/woman-found-strangled-1.1230719

A half-naked woman has been found strangled at Chafutweni Village in Willowvale, Eastern Cape.

]]> 1.1230719 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 13:28:45 +0200