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SAPS mourns loss of three EC members
19:27 (GMT+2) Tue, 15 Oct 2019
The South African Police Service is mourning the loss of three Eastern Cape members who were killed in separate incidents over the past fortnight.National police spokesperson, Colonel Brenda Muridili, said all the members were off duty when they were
EC ready for 2019 matric exams
18:12 (GMT+2) Tue, 15 Oct 2019
The Eastern Cape Education Department said it was all systems go for the National Senior Certificate Exams which commences on Wednesday.The Department said just over 4 400 candidates will sit for the two papers, Computer Applications Technology and I
EFF no longer supports petition to oust Bobani
16:51 (GMT+2) Tue, 15 Oct 2019
The Economic Freedom Fighters in Nelson Mandela Bay say they will no longer be supporting a petition calling for the removal of executive mayor Mongameli Bobani at Thursday's special Council meeting.The petition, calling for his removal and said
Origin of mortar bombs (19) found in Uitenhage dam a mystery
12:11 (GMT+2) Tue, 15 Oct 2019
Eastern Cape police say that they cannot say with certainty that all the bombs have been cleared from the Strelitzia Dam at Uitenhage.Provincial police spokesperson, Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana, was briefing the media at the dam on Tuesday morning af
Teen mother arrested for aborting and hiding dead baby
10:37 (GMT+2) Tue, 15 Oct 2019
An 18-year-old woman is expected to appear in the Mthatha Magistrates Court on Tuesday on a charge of concealment of birth.Spokesperson Captain Khaya Tonjeni says the teenager was arrested after an infant was found in a plastic bag hidden inside a to
Kenton-on-Sea murder victim identified
09:16 (GMT+2) Tue, 15 Oct 2019
Police in Port Alfred have released the name of the person who was found murdered in his home in Kenton-on-Sea on Sunday morning.Spokesperson Captain Mali Govender says he was identified as the 54-year-old Johannes Petrus van der Merwe who lived alon
Former PE bookkeeper back in court on 90 counts of theft
09:00 (GMT+2) Tue, 15 Oct 2019
A former bookkeeper at Port Elizabeth's Aurora Special Care Centre will make his second appearance in the Commercial Crimes Court in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday.The 44-year-old Johannes Gieselbach is accused of stealing over a million rand from th

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