Volkswagen South Africa (VWSA) will invest R2,1-billion in infrastructure, improving facilities and upgrading its products at its Uitenhage plant outside Port Elizabeth over the next six years, the carmaker said on Tuesday.
The African Christian Democratic Party on Tuesday said it was against the Nelson Mandela Metro councillor Mikey Kwenaite's plan to establish a nudist beach on the Port Elizabeth coast.
The 130 people trapped in vehicles by heavy snowfalls in the northern parts of the Eastern Cape province were all rescued on Friday night, a disaster management co-ordinator said.
Reports of widespread damage amounting to millions of rands have been received from parts of the Eastern Cape due to a gale-force wind blowing in the region on Tuesday.
