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 Cleaning up operations got underway on Friday at the Gambleville Post Office in Uitenhage after it was set alight during a violent protest on Thursday night. Police said residents took to the streets in the early evening, burning tyres and

 The sexual Offences court in Knysna has imposed a 20-year prison sentence on 31-year-old Christo van Rooyen after he was found guilty of rape. Police captain Malcolm Pojie says Van Rooyen was earlier convicted of raping a 12-year old girl

 Thieves have broken into the East London museum for the second time in a fortnight. Eastern Cape Arts and Culture MEC, Xoliswa Tom, has called on communities to help put an end to the damage and theft at Heritage sites. She says

 A suspected serial rapist has been arrested by members of Butterworth's Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit. Police said the suspect has been charged with 16 cases of rape between 2011 and 2013. Police spokesperson

 Residents of Kamesh in Uitenhage have set fire to the Post Office in Gambleville Post Office in Rosedale, causing extensive damage. Police said residents took to the streets early on Thursday night, burning tyres in Kamesh Road and 20th

 National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega will be launching a programme for school safety in Bhisho on Friday. Lieutenant Colonel Sibongile Soci says the “Safer Schools in the Eastern Cape” programme is part of the

 A Port Elizabeth man seeking to set a date for a civil union has been turned away at the department of home affairs offices in North End. Lance Ledingham says two weeks ago he wanted to set a date for his marriage to his partner Craig

 Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality is still in shock after the Municipality's housing manager was gunned down in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday evening. Police say Sabelo Kondile was shot while sitting in his car at Embizweni Square in New

 A 51-year-old Eastern Cape man has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Willowvale Regional court for the rape of a disabled girl. Police spokesperson, Captain Jackson Manatha, says Vukile Khethwa was jailed on Thursday for raping