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The application of Julius Malema to have the firearm charges against him dropped has been denied in the East London Magistrates Court. Hundreds of EFF supporters gathered outside court on Thursday to support their Commander in Chief.

Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Gary Van Niekerk emerged victorious in his legal battle against the City Manager Noxolo Nqwazi, that played out in the Gqeberha High Court on Wednesday afternoon.

After a bumpy start and faced with initial funding challenges, four Gqeberha schools won big at the Western Cape Schools Marching Competition, bagging more than a dozen trophies and also walked away with the coveted 1st place championship in the senior division. Their trip to take part in the competition in Cape Town on Saturday was in limbo when the Eastern Cape Education Department pulled funding at the last minute.

A George fireman murdered at his home on Sunday has been identified. Police Spokesperson Sergeant Christopher Spies says 33-year-old Warwick Fischer was stabbed to death at the entrance of his house in Bruce Street, in Borcherds.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating the death of a couple after their bodies were found in their home in Sydenham on Monday.

Two suspects are still at large following a robbery at the PEP store in Marsh Street in Mossel Bay on Monday morning. Police spokesperson Lt Col Malcolm Pojie says two suspects allegedly followed an employee to a cash register shortly after the store opened at 09:00.

A 64-year-old man and his wife were tied up on Sunday night during a home invasion in Humansdorp. Spokesperson for police Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the couple was watching TV at about 10.30 last night when three unknown men entered the house with firearms.

Police in Gqeberha are still searching for the suspects who severed an 61-year-old man's ear, during a home invasion in Despatch. Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the man's wife was awoken by noises and a flashlight shining in their yard in the early hours of Friday morning.

The National Sea Rescue Institute in Gqeberha assisted Bayworld at Sardinia Bay on Saturday morning where a bottlenose dolphin beached in shallow surf.