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A man in his forties from Joubertina has drowned while swimming at the seafront at Jeffrey's Bay. Local NSRI station commander Rieghard Janse van Rensburg says they were summoned to the scene at lunch time on Sunday. Unidentified bystanders

Port Elizabeth police are on a hunt for three men who assaulted and shot a 64-year-old man in Eastbourne Road on Friday. Police spokesperson, Captain Johann Rheeder, said that the man was walking out of a liquor store when he was attacked. He

Seven veld fires raged in the Port Elizabeth area on Friday, but no reports of damage or threats to buildings were received. Municipal spokesperson Marthie Nel said that fire tenders were attending to blazes in the Forest Hill-, Malabar-, Algoa

A 39-year-old man is likely to spend the weekend in the Grahamstown Police Cells, after he allegedly fell asleep in a restaurant. Captain Mali Govender said it is believed that the man fell asleep when he went to the local Spur last night

A veld fire is raging outside Port Elizabeth, casting a pall of smoke over the city. The smoke is visible from the N2 bypass to the beachfront and beyond. However, Police spokesperson, Captain Johann Rheeder, said there have been no reports of

Grahamstown police have arrested two men, aged 20 and 30, for the posession of dagga valued at R16,000. Police spokesperson, Captain Mali Govender, said police were conducting a stop-and-search operation on the N2 on Thursday afternoon. In one

 A Chinese man has been arrested in Uitenhage for possession of perlemoen. Warrant Officer Gerda Swart says police responded to a tip-off on Thursday and searched a business premises in Market Street. Twenty kilogrammes of perlemoen worth

Police in the Transkei have arrested two brothers, for murdering two brothers from another family. Police spokesperson, Captain Jackson Manatha, said that two brothers, aged 30 and 26, were killed during a traditional ceremony in the Nqamakwe

 A 28-year-old woman from Kamesh, Uitenhage, has made her first appearance on Thursday in connection with the death of her ten-month-old baby. The child's parents were allegedly arguing about money on Christmas Day, when she threw her baby