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The trial against the owners of the Enyobeni Tavern will be back in the East London Magistrates Court on Wednesday and Thursday. Vuyokazi and Siyakhangela Ndevu face charges of selling liquor to underage persons after 21 young patrons died in their Scenery Park tavern in June last year.

Swartkops detectives are investigating a double murder after the bodies of a missing father and his son were discovered on a dirt road near Addo at midday. Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu confirmed that the bodies were those of 45-year-old Edwin De Vos and his 19-year-old son, Leonardo.

A former manager at an Engine Garage in Tsolo has been sentenced to an effective 15 years behind bars for defrauding her employer and stealing just over R774 000. A spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in the Eastern Cape Luxolo Tyali says over a period of 10 months in 2021, 30-year-old Anele Mqhathu took money from the cashiers under false pretences.

An East London doctor appeared in court on Monday on tax fraud charges.

Six Eastern Cape EMS officials have been arrested for submitting fraudulent matric certificates.

EC police commissioner laments the death of an officer in an accident in Motherwell in Gqeberha, and condemned the theft of his firearm.

Shoppers at Hemingways Mall in East London were left traumatized after news of an armed robbery spread like wildfire on social media last night. Five suspects put their plan into action about half an hour before closing time and successfully stole clothing worth approximately half a million rand.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a biker was killed on Cape Road on Friday.

A man who was found in possession of stolen milk worth just over R800 spend the weekend in custody and is expected to appear in the Somerset East Magistrates Court on Monday.