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Lieutenant Colonel Nkosi says that once in the tunnel, police discovered machinery believed to be used in the illegal manufacturing of drugs, as well as drums and plastic containers filled with substances. He says a Forensic team came on-site to test the chemicals. Therefore, the Hawks cannot yet determine the value of the discovery.

The South African Police Service and the Hawks are investigating allegations of corruption by officials at the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court in Mthatha. This follows a probe by the Southern Africa Accountability Journalism Project, which has corroborated allegations of systemic corruption at the court where officials solicit bribes – some as high as R15,000 – from attorneys to perform routine administrative functions.

The caretaker of the Bergview College in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape has approached Afriforum's Private Prosecution Unit (PPU) following the rape allegations levelled against both himself and the principal of the school, Jaco Pieterse. The six-year-old identified in the media, only as CweCwe was raped in October last year and no arrests have yet been made.

One of the country’s biggest film exhibitors, Ster-Kinekor has once again suffered a heavy blow, this comes after the company announced that its cinema located in Gateway mall will soon be closing.

Former Springbok wing Cornal Hendricks has passed away, reportedly after suffering a massive heart attack on Wednesday.

Between 2015 and 2018, Dr Chetty intentionally and unlawfully under-disclosed his income to SARS; therefore, during auditing, the Revenue Services picked up discrepancies and complained to the Hawks.

Wine makers and wine lovers from across Southern Africa and as far as Argentina are heading to the Great Karoo from this weekend to savour thousands of the finest Cape Wines at the Stoep Tasting Wine Weekends.

Police in Gqeberha identified the couple who was killed on Tuesday while walking their staffie.

Gqeberha rapist Moses Gqesha is expected to know his fate on Thursday when he is sentenced for the 2010 rape of businesswoman, Andy Kawa.