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EC cops hunting for suspects who robbed SAPS members from Buffalo Flats on the same day that the Police Minister is visiting the Metro.

Three Eastern Cape traditional nurses accused of assault and attempted murder will make a second appearance in court on Thursday.

The National Sea Rescue Institute says a 22-year-old man has drowned at Nature's Valley near Plettenberg Bay. Spokesperson, Craig Lambinon, says the incident happened on Tuesday afternoon when four men got into trouble in the surf at a spot adjacent to the lifeguard-protected beach.

The SPCA in Komani (formerly Queenstown) says it will have to euthanise the animals in their care that do not get new homes when they evacuate the premises at the end of January.

Eastern Cape Transport MEC concedes that the poor state of the province's roads is due to a lack of maintenance caused by a massive funding shortfall.

The Eastern Cape Department of Health has procured the highly sophisticated cancer treatment equipment called Linac for R60 million. Spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo says this machine will be used at Livingstone Hospital in Gqeberha to complement other treatment modalities for cancer patients like surgery and chemotherapy.

Andy Kawa was abducted, attacked, robbed and repeatedly raped for 15 hours near Kings Beach in Gqeberha more than 13 years ago. She says the police were negligent in looking for her and also in investigating her case.

Motorcyclist killed in a horror accident on Gqeberha freeway.

The National police commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, and his Eastern Cape counterpart, Lieutenant-General Nomthetheleli Mene, have been declared to be in contempt of court.