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Category: Eastern Cape

Gqeberha Kidnapping Suspect Appears in Court After Victim Returns Home

Gqeberha Kidnapping Suspect Appears in Court After Victim Returns Home

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 […]

Suspect Arrested for RAF Fraud

Suspect Arrested for RAF Fraud

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 […]

Guesthouse owner arrested a year after couple suffocated in shower

Guesthouse owner arrested a year after couple suffocated in shower

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 […]

Municipal clerk convicted for fraud

Municipal clerk convicted for fraud

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 […]

Government responds to vandalism of infrastructure at Bothas Hill Reservoir

Government responds to vandalism of infrastructure at Bothas Hill Reservoir

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 powders and tablets pulled from Namibian shelves

Grandpa powders and tablets pulled from Namibian shelves

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 […]

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