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Church battlefield ‘prophesied’
By MALIBONGWE DAYIMAN and SIKHO NTSHOBANE The churchgoers at the controversial Mancoba Angel Ministry Church – which was called a satanic cult by the minister of police – had no idea that their leaders, who they call “kings”, were involved in any criminality. Though none of the congregants were employed and they relied on the church → Read More
Man dies after vicious dog attack
A man was was killed after he was mauled by a pack of wild dogs at Grahamstown’s Xolani township today. Grahamstown police spokeswoman Captain Mali Govender said the police have opened a case of culpable homicide following the incident. The 32 year old man succumbed to the severe dog bite wounds at Settlers Hospital. “He → Read More
Mbalula hails swift police action in the Engcobo police killings
Police minister Fikile Mbalula has commended the task team for cracking the Engcobo police mass murder case before the 72 hours deadline set by President Cyril Ramaphosa. He was speaking in Ngcobo today after police killed seven and arrested 10 people believed to be involved in Wednesday’s police slaughter. Mbalula said they wanted to take → Read More
Officer believes same gang linked to last year’s attack
A policewoman who survived last year’s shooting when unknown gunmen attacked officers at the Ngcobo police station believes her five slain colleagues were massacred by the same thugs that attacked them last year. Constable Zuko Mathetha, 27, of Ncorha in Cofimvaba, Warrant Officer Zuko Mbini, 45, of Zimbane Valley in Mthatha, Constable Zuko Ntsheku, 38, → Read More
Seven killed, 10 nabbed for Ngcobo police killings
Police yesterday shot and killed seven people believed to have slaughtered the five Ngcobo officers and a retired soldier on Wednesday. Ten others were nabbed aft r a shootout with the police while one officer is recovering in hospital after being shot in the legs, Hawks national spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi has confirmed. The task → Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Another shootout claims lives in Ngcobo
Another bloody exchange of gunfire has ensured this evening in Ngcobo between the police and a heavily-armed gang believed to be behind Wednesday’s mass killing of policemen. This is according to a police source. Health department spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said one person was injured during the shooting and was being treated at All Saints Hospital → Read More
JUST IN: Four arrested for the killing of Ngcobo police
Four men have been arrested for Wednesday’s mass killing of police officers at the Ngcobo police station, Eastern Cape provincial police commissioner Major-General Liziwe Ntshinga told Constable Kuhle Mathetha’s family today. Ntshinga broke the news to the family as she and police top brass had visited the Mathetha family at their Ncorha village home, just → Read More
R1 000 bail for child rape accused after prison torture, death threats
Southernwood local Michael Scheffer, 50, who is accused of raping two minor girls, has been released on R1 000 bail by the East London Magistrate’s Court. Scheffer was granted bail yesterday until his next appearance on March 26, pending further investigation. The terms of his bail are that he will have to relocate from Southernwood, → Read More
Damning evidence emerges in doctor’s report in rape trial
A doctor’s report has revealed that two girls allegedly raped by a 50-year-old Southernwood man, Michael Scheffer, had missing hymens and one little girl’s private parts were bruised. Scheffer is accused of raping the minor girls in Southernwood after luring them to his home with bicycle rides. Scheffer’s lawyer, Vuyiseka Kani, sparked jeers from the → Read More
Guest house owner found dead in bushes next to her home
Missing owner of popular East London guest house Thornycroft Lodge Elsa Remant-Eyland has been found dead. The decomposed body of the 67-year-old woman was recovered by police yesterday morning in the bushes outside her Horseshoe Valley guest house in Summerpride. Neighbouring guest house owner Jacques Jordaan of Santa Paloma Lodge said the woman had lived → Read More
Guesthouse owner found dead in bushes
Owner of popular East London guesthouse Thornycroft Lodge, Elsa Remant-Eyland, has been found dead. The decomposed body of the 67-year-old was found by the police in the morning in the bushes outside her Horseshoe Valley home in Summerpride where she lived alone. The gruesome discovery ended a five-day search for Reymant-Eyland who was last seen on Friday driving → Read More
Taxi overloaded with 32 pupils
A 24-year-old East London taxi driver has been held for reckless and negligent driving after he was caught carrying 32 school pupils in a 14-seater Toyota Quantum minibus taxi. There were 34 passengers in total inside the taxi including the driver and his conductor, said Buffalo City Metro spokeswoman Bathandwa Diamond. The driver was stopped → Read More
32 children crammed in minibus taxi; driver arrested
A 24-year-old East London taxi driver has been arrested for reckless and negligent driving after he was caught carrying 32 schoolchildren inside a 14–seater Toyota Quantum minibus taxi. There were 34 passengers in total inside the taxi including the driver and his conductor, said Buffalo City Metro spokeswoman Bathandwa Diamond. The driver was arrested at → Read More
Coffin farmer battles stock theft
Despite burying a black coffin halfway in the ground to send a ghoulish statement to stock thieves, Stutterheim cattle farmer Frans Kruger has lost two cattle while his neighbours lost dozens more. Thieves ignored the coffin and took two of his cattle in November, a month after Kruger planted it upright in his veld and → Read More
Southernwood man, 50, accused of raping minors
A 50-year-old Southernwood man has been arrested for allegedly raping an undisclosed number of minor girls in the East London suburb. There was drama in the East London Magistrate’s Court yesterday when women in the gallery shouted: “You are not welcome to live with us again.” Some also threatened his life. The silver-haired man with → Read More
No bail for alleged drug dealer: Berlin suspect has national network he says, court told
Berlin drug-trafficking accused Simphiwe “Chizama” Qwememe, who was arrested after R300 000 worth of Mandrax tablets were seized at a Rocklands Farm, told court yesterday at his bail application that he buys fertiliser tablets and sells them to other farmers. Qwememe’s statement was read in court by Magistrate Nolundi Mkwali who remarked that it was → Read More
Businessman accused of forging UFH VC’s signature out on R10 000 bail
A Mthatha businessman was yesterday granted R10 000 bail after appearing in court on charges of forgery. He is accused of faking University of Fort Hare vice-chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu’s signature to get a R9.5-million loan from a bank. Wandisile Mti, 58, handed himself over to the Hawks yesterday. He was with his lawyer. According → Read More
‘Firestorm’ ex-wife finally in dock
The Mdantsane woman who allegedly shot and killed her ex-husband before setting his girlfriend alight finally made it to court yesterday. She could not be in the dock on two earlier occasions because she was in hospital recovering from burn wounds. The 45-year-old Lebohang Mbola sustained the injuries in the December 27 petrol-fuelled attack she → Read More
Woman shot at while driving
An East London woman is in shock after a bullet narrowly missed her head during what may have been an attempted hijacking on McJannet Drive in Baysville, East London on Saturday. The 51-year-old, whose name is known to the Dispatch, is receiving trauma counselling. Police said she was shot at from a vehicle driving → Read More
Couple found shot dead in their car in a forest
The community of Stutterheim is in shock following the killing of a nurse, apparently at the hands of her husband who then turned the gun around and shot himself. The incident took place on Friday. Babalwa Mabinda, 36, of Kubisi village outside Stutterheim, was shot dead, seemingly by her husband, Xola Bangana, 42. Their bodies → Read More