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 Police in Cradock have registered a Rape docket for investigation after an incident that took place on the farm Karoo waters in the Cradock area. It is alleged that the victim was on her way back from school on Tuesday when she was

 A Uitenhage man has died in a fire that destroyed his informal home in Mandela Village on Wednesday night. Police spokesperson, warrant officer Gerda Swart, identified the victim as 62-year-old, Pilile Nyiki. She says neighbours tried to

A robber was killed and a policeman injured in a dramatic shoot-out in the Mtatha city centre on Wednesday. Police lieutenant-colonel Mzukisi Fatyela says 4 gunmen were confronted by police as they fled a fast-food outlet they had robbed moments

 Seventeen people, including 15 school children, had a lucky escape following a three car pile up on the N-2 outside George on Thursday morning. ER-24 reports that's one school girl, despite being hit by another car after being ejected from

 A former Home Affairs official has been jailed 7 years for fraud and contravening sections of the Births and Deaths Registration Act. The state says Marthalini Hanabeshe had used her position to create birth and death registration details

The ANC in the Eastern Cape has called on Health MEC Sicelo Gqobana to intervene in a case where an infant was reportedly refused medical attention in clinics for three months. The Dispatch reported last week that an East London mother and her

Port Elizabeth police have arrested two people on charges of public violence following ongoing protests in a part of Motherwell. Residents are up in arms over the destruction by the municipality of housing structures which were built on land

  Classes at the Eastern Cape's Walter Sisulu University have been interrupted by a workers' strike, which started on Monday. They are protesting at the Buffalo City- and Butterworth campuses for a wage increase. University spokesperson

 The Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape says it cannot condone the actions of parents and teachers at the Templeton High School in Bedford. They closed the school due to, among others, the non-payment of temporary teachers and general