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Schoolboy arrested for allegedly faking own kidnapping, demanding ransom from parents

A 20-year-old schoolboy has been arrested for allegedly faking his own kidnapping and demanding a R7 000 ransom from his family. → Read More

Supermarket employee stabbed to death in front of customers at Eastern Cape mall

Trauma counselling is being arranged for employees and customers who witnessed an employee being stabbed to death inside Checkers at Balfour Park Mall in East London on Sunday morning. → Read More

Former EFF MP Vuyokazi Ketabahle dies

Former member of the National Assembly Vuyokazi Ketabahle will be buried on Saturday in her hometown of Dutywa, Eastern Cape. → Read More

Durban among several KZN areas facing water crisis as load shedding downs infrastructure

Hundreds of thousands of KwaZulu-Natal residents and holidaymakers are likely to celebrate Christmas without drinking water as electricity-powered engines are unable to pump water due to load shedding. → Read More

Notorious ANC lockdown flouter elected as mayor of an Eastern Cape municipality

The DA in the Eastern Cape says it is disgusted by the election of the ANC's Madoda Papiyana as the mayor of the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality, despite his record of being arrested twice during the two-year Covid-19 lockdown. → Read More

Five Eastern Cape initiates have died since November's start of summer initiation season

Five initiates have died in the Eastern Cape since the beginning of the summer initiation season on 4 November. → Read More

Eastern Cape magistrate dies in hail of bullets, husband and child wounded

A Mount Ayliff magistrate was killed while driving with her husband and children in Mbizana on Saturday evening. → Read More

WATCH | Rain causes havoc in the Free State, 4 dead, 29 rescued

Four people died and 29 were rescued after heavy rains in Bethlehem, Free State, caused havoc among residents this past week. → Read More

Suspect surrenders in Eastern Cape Post Office hostage drama

A man who allegedly held the Dutywa Post Office branch manager and six employees hostage for several hours before their release on Friday eventually handed himself over to police. → Read More

One rearrested after 7 inmates escape from Makhanda prison

One of the seven inmates who escaped from a correctional facility in Makhanda on Tuesday morning has been re-arrested. → Read More

Rhodes University honours journalist and freedom fighter Thenjiwe Mtintso

Rhodes University will bestow an honour of Doctor of Laws on former journalist, anti-apartheid activist and High Commissioner to Namibia, Thenjiwe Mtintso, at its October postgraduate graduation ceremony this week. → Read More

Home of Port St Johns mayor torched, ANC accuses police of ignoring threats to her life

The ANC in the Eastern Cape described the torching of the home of the mayor of Port St Johns as "thuggery". → Read More

Western Cape man allegedly kills wife, daughter, while son escapes unharmed

A Western Cape man allegedly shot dead his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself. → Read More

UPDATE | Nelson Mandela Bay mayor ousted via motion of no confidence

Parties expected to be part of a new coalition government are the ACDP, African Independent Congress, Abantu Integrity Movement, DA, FF+, PAC and the UDM. → Read More

Family loses everything in house fire allegedly sparked by load shedding

An Eastern Cape family of seven escaped with only the clothes on their backs after an explosion, allegedly caused by a power surge, set their house on fire following load shedding. → Read More

EFF councillor in court for allegedly assaulting son's alleged secret girlfriend

Fundiswa Nyamakazi allegedly charged the woman outside the event around 03:00. She apparently kicked the victim while she was urinating next to a parked car. → Read More

Eastern Cape pupil killed during 'faction fight' at school

A 16-year-old boy died on school grounds on Tuesday after being stabbed in a fight between two warring groups of pupils at a high school in Cofimvaba. → Read More

SEE | Gqeberha homeowner offers R10k reward after thieves 'strip kitchen of everything'

A Gqeberha homeowner issued a R10 000 reward after she discovered her home's built-in kitchen cupboard and electrical appliances stolen by thieves. → Read More

Eastern Cape clothing store staff receive trauma counselling after deadly armed robbery

While police continue to hunt for two gunmen involved in a foiled business robbery at a Jet clothing story in Qonce last Thursday, 19 employees are receiving trauma counselling following their ordeal. → Read More

'Our children should not be dying to become men': 11 young initiates die in Eastern Cape

Eleven boys have died in the Eastern Cape during this year’s winter initiation season. → Read More