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Three killed in EC road accidents
12:11 (GMT+2) Mon, 16 Dec 2019
Three people were killed in separate accidents on Eastern Cape roads on Monday morning.The provincial Department of Transport says in the first accident on the N2 between Makhanda and Port Elizabeth just after midnight, the driver of a light motor ve
BCM Councillor in court for alleged fraud
07:15 (GMT+2) Mon, 16 Dec 2019
Buffalo City Municipal councillor, 44-year old Roseline Witbooi is expected back in the East London Magistrate's court on 13 January for alleged fraud committed in July 2017.Hawks spokesperson in the Eastern Cape, Captain Anelisa Ngcakani says s
Cradock police search for missing siblings
12:09 (GMT+2) Sun, 15 Dec 2019
The Police's Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit in Cradock is urging the public to assist in finding two biological sisters who went missing on Friday.12-year old Sunick Ferreira and 5-year old Ashley Olivier disappeared
Six-year old wounded in PE shooting - three arrested
08:50 (GMT+2) Sun, 15 Dec 2019
Three suspected gang affiliates were arrested in Port Elizabeth's northern areas, after a 6-year old girl was hit by a stray bullet in a shooting incident on Friday afternoon.Police spokesperson, Colonel Pricilla Naidu says Provincial Police Com
EC mom poisons “drug addict” son
17:12 (GMT+2) Sat, 14 Dec 2019
An Eastern Cape mother is due to appear in court next week for allegedly feeding poisoned porridge to her 28-year-old ‘drug addict” son who shared the meal with two of his friends.Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Moitheri Bojabotseha,
Two PE gangsters sentenced to life behind bars
09:52 (GMT+2) Sat, 14 Dec 2019
Two Port Elizabeth gang members have been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, housebreaking, kidnapping and the illegal possession of a firearm.Police spokesperson, Colonel Pricilla Naidu says Damian Kammies , Warren Steyn and Deilon Makopa we
EC government to invest more in National Arts Festival
07:05 (GMT+2) Sat, 14 Dec 2019
The Eastern Cape Provincial Government’s Executive Council Committee adopted a resolution to explore ways to invest more money in the National Arts Festival, in a bid to sustain it and keep it in the province to grow the economic spin-offs.The

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