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A 52- year old Cradock man accused of raping and kidnapping a 13-year old girl, has been fined R900 in the town's magistrates court for breaching his bail conditions. Police spokesperson, Captain Stephanie Smith says the man appeared in court on

 Six Kirkwood residents charged in connection with last month's violent protests in Kirkwood, have been released on bail. Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Gerda Swart says they appeared in court in the town today where the case was

 The body of an unknown man was found drifting in a river in Thembalethu near George, has still not been identified. Fishermen discovered the decomposed body at one of the fishing spots at the sea bordering on farms at the back of the

 Two Eastern Cape brothers have been jailed for life for murdering three people in a village near Bizana on New Year's Day this year. Thamsanqa Shezi and his brother Mduduzi were jailed yesterday by Magistrate Marius Odendaal who reportedly

Businesses in Kirkwood re-opened on Friday morning, however shop owners say that they do not have their full compliment of workers. On Thursday Kirkwood became a ghost town when shops closed their doors as residents from three areas took to the

 Six Kirkwood residents are expected to appear in court on Friday after being arrested in connection with violent protests in September. Protests flared up again yesterday, with police forced to use stun grenades to disperse hundreds of

Metrominute reports that the unemployment rate in the Eastern Cape in the third quarter of this year declined marginally from 30.4% to 29.5% quarter-on-quarter. That's according to figures released on Thursday by Statistics South Africa

A 40-year old Port Elizabeth man has made his first appearance in the Motherwell magistrates court following the brutal rapes of five minor girls. Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Dumile Gwavu says the man was taken into custody on Tuesday

The situation is calm but tense at Kirwood where police were forced to use stun grenades on Thursday morning to disperse local residents when they tried to loot shops in the area. Thursday's protest by hundreds of local residents, in which they