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A 20-year-old woman appeared in the New Brighton Magistrates Court on Thursday, in connection with the kidnapping of a four-day-old baby in Gqeberha last November.

The driver of a truck is recovering in a Gqeberha hospital after he was shot in the stomach in an alleged ambush on Thursday afternoon. Three armed men tried to hijack the truck that was transporting alcohol in Greenbushes.

Police arrested a 20-year-old woman in connection with the kidnapping of a four-day-old baby in Gqeberha last November.

A Gqeberha attorney who was convicted in 2021 on 11 charges, faces a long jail term after losing her appeal against her sentence.

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality will fork out R170 million on new refuse compactor trucks, in part, to help the City address the ongoing scourge of illegal dumping.

One person has died and two others were injured when a bakkie crashed on the Albany Road off-ramp in Gqeberha in the early hours of this morning. Earlier we reported that two other people were extricated from the vehicle, which had crashed through the roadside barrier and ended up in a precarious position.

Eastern Cape health department says five incidents at different clinics have left staff and patients traumatised.

The DA's former Provincial leader, Nqaba Bhanga has officially been suspended from the party. This, after he publicly labelled the party's Helen Zille, a “racist” and posted unfounded allegations against her on social media.

The Gqeberha man accused of killing his ex-wife admitted to a district surgeon that he committed the crime after being provoked.