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Gqeberha police are searching for five suspects who broke into a townhouse complex in Verdun Road, Lorraine on Wednesday.

Big was the surprise of a Gqeberha family when a 1.8 meter Cape Cobra slithered her way into their Rowallan Park home on Tuesday afternoon.

Jobless Eastern Cape doctors held a peaceful march to the offices of the Provincial Government in Bhisho on Tuesday to demand jobs by March.

Nigerian Pastor Timothy Omotoso and his two co-accused were dealt a partial victory in the Gqeberha High Court on Tuesday when the presiding Judge ordered that special entries be made in their court file.

A man has drowned and one is missing following an outing at the Kariega River Mouth, Kenton on Sea on Monday. Spokesperson for the National Sea Rescue Institute Craig Lambinon says all responders were activated and a search was launched in the River mouth, continuing upriver with the incoming tide.

A newborn baby boy was left at the entrance of the Mount Road Police Station in Gqeberha in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says at about 2 am, an official walking to her vehicle, heard the sounds of a crying baby coming from the entrance at the pedestrian gate.

Construction of the Nogqala bridge near Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape started in September 2021. By May 2023, R9.7 million had been spent on the project, but all visible in February 2024 are a few concrete footings with steel rods sticking out.

Two of the five men arrested for the attack on a well-known East London lawyer are relatives, while the other co-accused are from KZN.

The trial against three officials of the traffic department in the Sundays River Valley Municipality, who allegedly issued learner and driver's licenses in exchange for cash, got underway in the Gqeberha High Court on Monday.