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A 41-year-old EC man is due to appear in court on Monday in connection with cases linked to taxi violence.

Two EC cops who allegedly stole state property worth more than R1m, granted bail after appearing in court this week.

A 44-year-old woman is expected to appear in the Tsolo Magistrates Court on Friday for her alleged involvement in a kidnapping. A spokesperson for the Hawks Ndiphiwe Mhlakuvana says the suspect reportedly works as a clerk for a law firm in Mthatha and targeted a man who received a payout from the Road Accident Fund (RAF).

Eleven suspects arrested for the deadly shoot-out between taxi rivals in Port St Johns have been released. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the matter was not enrolled on Thursday due to insufficient evidence.

The Eastern Cape has recorded an 81.42% matric pass rate as the country's so-called COVID89 babies recorded an overall pass rate of 82.9.%.

A businessman from Mossel Bay who allegedly took people's deposits for solar panels without doing the work was back in the Mossel Bay Magistrates Court on Thursday.

The kidnapping case against a Gqeberha woman who allegedly arranged the kidnapping of her boyfriend's son, was transferred to the New Law Courts on Thursday. 

The African Transformation Movement has labelled three burglaries at its Mthatha head office as acts of “intimidation”.

An Eastern Cape man who brought a multimillion-rand farming trust in Kirkwood to its knees when he stole more than R14 million, was sentenced to 18 years in prison.