On 16 March 2023, a 30-year-old kidnapping victim was allegedly abducted outside her workplace in Newton Park, Gqeberha. The victim was accosted by three armed suspects who shoved her into a white Toyota Corolla and drove away. The South African Police Service quickly responded to the kidnapping report and spotted the vehicle on Old Grahamstown […]
On 28 February 2023, Bantu Hoho (46) was arrested in the Eastern Cape by the Gqeberha-based Serious Corruption Investigation team of the Hawks. The suspect was apprehended on charges of fraud regarding a Road Accident Fund (RAF) claim. According to Hawks spokesperson, Captain Yolisa Mgolodela, Hoho had reported a hit-and-run accident by a motor vehicle […]
HUMANSDORP – Kevin Pretorius (47), a guesthouse owner, has been arrested on Tuesday for the death of a couple who died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The arrest comes almost a year after a young couple was found dead in the shower on Pretorius’ farm in the Eastern Cape. Pretorius appeared briefly at the Humansdorp magistrate’s […]
PE – Stephanie Reeners (48) was yesterday convicted for a number of counts of fraud in the Serious Commercial Crimes Court in Port Elizabeth. Hawks spokesperson Captain Yolisa MgolodelaIt says that between 01 November 2014 and 30 June 2017, Reneers in her capacity as the Central Administration Clerk at Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality allegedly accepted […]
The principal of Luthuthu Primary School in Ugie, Eastern Cape has been suspended and charged with attempted murder after allegedly “lowering a 4th-grade pupil into a pit toilet” to retrieve his dropped cellphone. The child was left traumatised after searching through piles of faeces with his hands for the lost smartphone. The 49-year-old man believed […]
Sanral says badly painted lines on the N2 in the Eastern Cape’s Kouga municipality will be redone once roadworks are completed. Read more on TimeLive.
GQEBERHA – Die stof oor die naamsveranderinge van dorpe en stede in die Oos-Kaap het nog lank nie gaan lê nie. Lees meer op Netwerk24.
GRAHAMSTOWN – The Department of Water and Sanitation together with Makana Local Municipality will open a case of damage to state property today following a break in at Botha’s Hill reservoir this morning. “Government to open a case of damage to state property” Department of Water and Sanitation Vandalism of infrastructure is totally unacceptable. Beyond […]
GRANDPA pills and powders have been pulled from Namibian shelves after the medicine failed climatic stability tests. The Namibia Medicines Regulatory Council announced that all tablets and powders manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline must be recalled. “The recall is a result of the product failing stability studies at 30 degrees. These products are therefore not fit to […]