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John Harvey Three men from KwaNokuthula in Plettenberg Bay men who faced murder charges in the mob killing of a suspected child murderer and rapist in 2011 were acquitted in the Knysna Magistrates Court this week. Mlamli Desi, Mbonisi Tuli

Maclean town police are searching for a man who allegedly stabbed his wife to death following an argument. Police spokesperson, Nkosiko Mzuku, says the incident happened in a village at Newlands in Macleantown on Friday morning. He says police

 Six medical students from South Africa studying on scholarship in Cuba have returned home following a disagreement about their allowance, wasting over R2m as a result. The students were more than halfway through their six-year training

 An exhibition of the 1990 Northern Areas uprising opened at the Red Location Museum in Port Elizabeth on Thursday night. The expo, titled "The 1990 'Northern Areas' Uprising in Context" is an initiative of the Northern Areas

 Eastern Cape premier Noxolo Kiviet says the province is set to gain billions of rand from South Africa's partnership with the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China, commonly known as BRICS. Kiviet was speaking in East London

 Western Cape police says a point two two rifle and old coins stolen during a robbery in which Mossel Bay lawyer, Waldemar Strauss was killed, have been found. Police spokesperson, captain Bernadine Steyn, says the items were found in bushes

 More than a thousand Port Elizabeth learners and parents gathered outside David Livingston High School on Thursday to protest against teacher shortages. Following the closure of the Schauderville school earlier this week, frustrated parents

 An elderly man was attacked in his house in Rowallan Park, Port Elizabeth in the early hours of Thursday morning. Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Alwin Labans says the 71-year old was found on the floor in his house in Sterling street

 The Knysna Municipality has appointed Bevan Ellman as its new director of corporate services, after previous head Reggie Smit’s contract ended at the end of last year. Originally from Oudtshoorn, Ellman holds a BSc degree in