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 The hostage drama playing out at a pharmacy in Seaview, Port Elizabeth, is reportedly a suicide mission involving a father and his son. Algoa FM's Raahil Sain is at the scene. "A 53 year old father and his 19 year old son believed

Rolfe Laboratories says the death of three workers following an explosion and fire at its aerosol plant in Middelburg in the Eastern Cape a week ago, is extremely tragic. More than 30 people suffered burns in the blast last Monday, with 18

 Port Elizabeth police have cordoned off a crime scene at a pharmacy in Seaview where a hostage situation is underway. Police spokesperson, captain Stanley Jarvis, says two men are holding several people inside the pharmacy following an

 Interpol has been called in to intervene in a card phishing scam that has affected pay points at some of South Africa's fast food outlets. According to the Payment Association of South Africa, a virus called Dexter has breached the pay

 A white rhino was killed, and another seriously injured at Koffylaagte private game reserve near Jansenville for their horns over the weekend. Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Wessel Cronje says the owner of the reserve, one of his

 The entire Eastern Cape received rain overnight with some notable falls in places. More rain is expected Conditions are expected to clear from the west overnight. Rainfall measured 08h00 21 October 2013 PORT ELIZABETH Port Elizabeth

Two young men were injured in separate gang-related shootings in Port Elizabeths' Northern Areas in the early hours of Saturday morning. Police Warrant Officer Alwin Labans says that in the first incident, a 20 year-old man was standing in his

A prisoner in the Wellington Prison in Mthatha was caught on Saturday morning hiding a gun in a box of cereal. Eastern Cape police spokesperson Mzukisi Fatyela says police found a firearm in a box of Weet-Bix, five rounds of ammunition in a

President Jacob Zuma says South Africa's ruling ANC will win general elections next year that will mark two decades of democracy. Zuma told France 24 that from the ANC's point of view - there was no question that they'll win the elections