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The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa will embark on a national strike action within the engineering sector on Tuesday morning. The union says more than 220 000 workers countrywide will down tools in an indefinite strike for higher

Ten initiates have died in the Eastern Cape since the beginning of the winter initiation season. Provincial health department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo says the latest death occurred in the early hours of Monday morning at Ncise village in

Port Elizabeth police are searching for 6 suspects following a business robbery in Korsten on Monday. Police spokesperson, warrant officer Alwin Labans, says the 69-year old owner of United Cash and Carry was approached by four armed men

Port Elizabeth police have arrested seven suspects for the possession of abalone valued at R14 000. Warrant officer Labans says the suspects were arrested by the crime prevention unit in Algoa Park on Monday. Labans says police recovered a

  The trial of a 64-year-old former Wittedrift High School teacher, who allegedly sexually assaulted his granddaughter in August 2012, was set to start in the Knysna Regional Court on Monday but was postponed as the accused is currently

A Port Elizabeth couple charged with more than a dozen sexual offences, including the rape of two minor children, has been convicted in the city's high court on several of those charges. Today, Judge Belinda Hartle, convicted a 42-year-old

 The Mossel Bay Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit is investigating the alleged rape a 19-year-old awaiting trial prisoner at the Mossel Bay Correctional Centre. The man, who is originally from Knysna, is awaiting

  Tarkastad police are investigating a case of murder after a 20-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by a teenager. Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Louis Stone, says the incident took place at a local tavern in the early hours

Port Elizabeth police are searching for at least 4 armed suspects, after a business was robbed in North End on Saturday. Spokesperson, Capt. Johan Rheeder says the suspects entered the premises of a battery shop, and confronted the employee