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PORT ELIZABETH, January 13 (ANA) – The Eastern Cape Department of Education has on Friday, come under fire for allegedly failing to distribute textbooks to 214 schools in the Mbizana district.This emerged earlier this week during an annual

Police at Middelburg in the Eastern Cape have confiscated and destroyed 1 655 litres of home-brewed liquor.Warrant Officer Louis Stone says the concoction was seized earlier on Friday during a raid by members on five illegal shebeens operating in

A special council of the OR Thambo Municipality sat in Mthatha today and after receiving a comprehensive report of the devastating storms in the area earlier this month, declared a local state of disaster in the O.R Tambo District.The municipality

The Eastern Cape Gang Investigation unit arrested a 24-year old suspect within hours of a shooting incident in Port Elizabeth’s gang ridden northern areas. The arrest was one of 11 made by the unit in the past week.Police spokesperson, Colonel

Two men charged with allegedly murdering a man following a so called revenge mission will know in two weeks whether or not they will be granted bail.Deilon Makoppa and Kurt Bosman are applying for bail in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court

PORT ELIZABETH, January 12 (ANA) – A 33-year-old man appeared in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Thursday on charges of rape and kidnapping.He was arrested during the early hours of Wednesday morning in Walmer location.It is

The Butterworth Magistrate’s Court has convicted and sentenced a 27-year-old man to 28 years imprisonment for two cases of rape, police said on Thursday.Captain Jackson Manatha said the accused first raped a 19-year-old woman on the 14 June

A 35 year old man is due to appear in the Cradock Magistrate's court on Thursday on a charge of dealing in daggaWarrant Officer Louis Stone says members of the Route Patrol, K9 and Visible Policing Unit arrested the man following a high speed

A 38-year-old New Brighton man is in police custody after being arrested in connection with a house robbery in Summerstand.Captain Johan Rheeder says the owner of a house in Gomery Place, Summerstrand, surprised an intruder who was busy packing