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Legal counsel for accused in Fort Hare saga want charges dropped against 14 new accused.

The fifth suspect arrested in connection with the shooting of Kouga Councillor Jaques Alexander made a brief appearance in the Humansdorp Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Eastern Cape police are on the hunt for three suspects involved in an armed robbery on Tuesday, at a farm in KwaNojoli, formerly Somerset East. Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, says a 79-year-old farmer was feeding ostriches in front of his house when three men who accosted a worker, approached him.

Police in Gqeberha are searching for a group of armed men who robbed security guards who were parked at one of the entrances at the mall in Ring Road in Greenacres on Wednesday. Spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the guards were dropping off money shortly after 10 am and as one guard entered the mall, he was hastily approached by 4-6 armed men who grabbed two boxes of money and fled.

The Gqeberha man who allegedly murdered his wife, who was a well-known real estate agent, intends to plead guilty to the crime.

Slain rapper, AKA’s former bodyguard is among the 12 suspects who appeared in court on Tuesday in connection with cases of murder and attempted murder being investigated at Fort Hare University.

The Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) has secured a preservation order of more than R43m relating to a case of fraud and theft by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) against their former Defence Attache’ to South Africa, Brigadier Ngoy Timothee Makwamba.

Autocast South Africa has become the first of more than 30 Nelson Mandela Bay companies to benefit from a renewable power supply deal with Etana Energy

The Eastern Cape Health Department confirmed that its emergency phone lines, which were disconnected due to its failure to pay the service provider, will soon be up and running. Residents across the province could not reach any ambulance on the designated emergency number for two weeks.