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Hundreds of foreign nationals living in the Buffalo City Metro closed up shop and marched to the Provincial Capital on Tuesday, calling for an end to kidnappings for ransom.

The trial against a former FNB employee, accused of stealing more than R400 000 from an elderly client, resumed in the Commercial Crimes Court in Gqeberha on Tuesday.

The Gqeberha man who allegedly killed local physiotherapist, Marolien Schmidt, appeared briefly in the city's Magistrates Court earlier today.

A reward of R25 000 to find the killer of an elderly woman from Gqeberha who was murdered over a decade ago has led to zero leads. On the 26th of January 2013, the body of 76-year-old Lorraine Shepheard was found in the granny flat on her property where she lived in Bendor Street.

Police in Gqeberha are still searching for those responsible for the murder of 19-year-old Verushka Nel. Spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says Nell's murder is being investigated as a suspected hit and the investigation is now in the hands of the Gang Unit.

The George Municipality said it was planning a “dry-run” of the Go George bus service to Thembalethu.

A 62-year-old tavern owner and her 43-year-old accomplice have been charged with the double murder of a Windvogel father and his son.

One person was killed while three others were injured in a collision between two vehicles on the R75 in Nelson Mandela Bay.

Hawks arrest another suspect in connection with two big abalone busts last year.