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A Hartenbos man who was convicted last year on three counts of cruelty and abuse of animals has been fined R50,000, according to the Garden Route SPCA.

Explosive testimony was heard on Wednesday in the ongoing murder trial of Vicki Terblanche playing out in the High Court in Gqeberha.

The Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) is hosting Burundi’s Ambassador to South Africa, His Excellency Alexis Bukuru, on a two-day diplomatic visit aimed at strengthening bilateral ties, fostering trade opportunities, and exploring investment collaborations between the district and the City of Bujumbura.

Leach said he was dodging police who wanted him to go to Vicki's home a day after he reported her missing. He started to panic and testified that he called a friend, a gangster, who gave him five numbers he could call for legal advice.

There is great excitement at Africa's only vulture-focused conservation organisation, Vulpro, following the sighting of 15 wild Cape vultures on a farm in the Karoo, the first time in three decades.

A 39-year-old man has been arrested in Buffalo Flats, East London after police discovered drugs valued at approximately R80,000 in his possession.

Leach said it was Cullis who suggested shooting Vicki but he said that he could never do something like that and another plan, an overdose, was discussed.

The head of SASSA in the Eastern Cape, Bandile Maqetuka, said he was confident that all beneficiaries would have migrated to the black Postbank cards by the 20 March deadline.

An Eastern Cape mother's harrowing search of more than two years for her missing daughter came to an end on Monday when the DNA test results confirmed her worst fears.