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The trial against a Gqeberha man, charged with the murder of a security guard during a cash-in-transit heist in Motherwell, is underway in the city's High Court.

The trial of a Gqeberha man, charged with the murder of a security guard during a cash-in-transit heist in Motherwell, is underway in the city's High Court.

The community of Schauderville in the northern areas of Gqeberha came together on Tuesday night to pay tribute to murdered teenager Chadwin Witbooi. He was shot just a few meters from his home last Monday while on his way home from a study session for the matric exams.

Two people have died while three sustained injuries in a head-on collision on the R72 outside Port Alfred.

Fallon Edwards, 32, who was charged with the murder of her friend was sentenced to an effective 15 years behind bars on Tuesday after she entered into a plea agreement with the state in the Mossel Bay Regional Court.

A Sergeant attached to the Kamesh police station, who has been charged with murder, will be detained in a single cell at the St. Albans prison, pending the finalisation of his bail application. 

The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber says the new booking system which was rolled out at the Port of Port Elizabeth in October has caused extensive backlogs in shipping products to and from markets.

Gqeberha police have confirmed that a stolen radioactive canister was safely recovered at a scrap yard dealer in North End on Monday morning.

Alleged extortionist Akhona Jacu on Tuesday made a brief appearance on charges of kidnappings in court in eQonce. The 40-year-old was arrested on charges of extortion in August 2023, and was later linked to five kidnappings of foreign national business owners in the border region.