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 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

 The second bail application assault-accused Brent Cunningham continued in the PE magistrate's court on Friday. Twenty one year old Cunningham is accused of assaulting former girlfriend Shireen Ballan and two other people in December. He

 Three young suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a woman and her two children at Ndevana locality outside King Williams Town. The victims were stabbed and their bodies dumped in a pit toilet earlier this week

 The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says the planned amnesty period for traffic fines is still in its infancy stage, and will not start on Monday as reported by a local newspaper on Friday. Metro spokesperson, Kupido Baron says even though

 Bus drivers embarked on a national wage strike today, leaving commuters stranded. The SA Transport and Allied Workers' Union announced the strike on Thursday and said it was a result of a wage negotiations deadlock. Port Elizabeth's

 An Eastern Cape woman has been killed in a car accident on the N1 near Kroonstad in the Free State. The fifty eight year old Poppie Pretorius from Middelburg was on her way to Pretoria with four others to attend her daughter's graduation

 The permanent and once-off costs associated with the establishment of a metro police force in Nelson Mandela Bay, will be finalised by May 15, in terms of the implementation plan submitted to the Safety and Security Committee on Thursday