More than 1,000 lawyers in the Eastern Cape, many from Nelson Mandela Bay, are under the whip from the Legal Practice Council (LPC) for various alleged offences including fraud, theft, and practising without a Fidelity Fund certificate.
Good rains swept down on Nelson Mandela Bay and nearby Gamtoos River farmland, and, though the Langkloof catchment did not fare as well, more rain is expected in the week.
In a race against time, the Eastern Cape office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is applying for senior state advocate Buks Coetzee to be awarded a temporary post-retirement contract to allow him to finalise four key rhino-poaching cases.
Nelson Mandela University (NMU) oceanographic researchers have launched a new project to study the western Indian Ocean as part of a groundbreaking international programme to build a supercomputer that can predict the future health of global marine ecosystems.