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 Eastern Cape police commissioner Lieutenant General Celiwe Binta has been left traumatised after 5-men tried to hijack her car in East London's Lingelitsha township at the weekend. Binta was travelling with her bodyguard and a female

 Two men, aged 32 and 34, are expected to appear in court in Butterworth on Monday on charges of fraud. They were arrested in Johannesburg last week by members of the Mthatha Commercial Crime Unit. Its alleged that the pair, who ran a

 Police in George have appealed to the public for help in tracing a man who was last seen two years ago. Police captain Malcolm Pojie says Andre' du Plessis was last seen alive on the 13 of February 2011 when he reportedly left on a hike to

 Eastern Cape Local Government MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, says 150 people had to be evacuated to the Port St Johns Town Hall at the weekend because of heavy rain. The bad weather is being blamed for the deaths of at least 8 people in the

 Three people from Tsolo in the Eastern Cape have died after their rondawell collapsed under heavy rain. Spokesperson for the Department of health Sizwe Kupelo says two other people were taken to hospital. The nearby Malizo Mpehle

 The police in Port Elizabeth have destroyed a total of 3 898 firearms, two of which had been forfeited to the state. The SAPS said one 1 898 of the fire-arms had been surrendered voluntarily to the police in terms of the Firearms Control

 Hundreds of people who live in low lying areas in the Port St Johns are being evacuated after heavy rain during the night. Police spokesperson Captain John Fobian says rescue workers, the municipality and police are assisting residents and

An elderly man reportedly from the Eastern Cape died in an accident on the Golden Highway just outside of Vanderbijlpark last night. Spokesperson for ER24 Derrick Banks says the man and his family were travelling in two cars as they were

 Knysna estate agent Adrian Wilson-Forbes was acquitted on all 79 charges relating to child rape and other sexual offences involving children in the Thembalethu Magistrates Court near George on Friday, after the court found, despite a lengthy