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Gqeberha businessman Arnold Terblanche made a brief court appearance in the local Magistrates Court on Tuesday, in connection with the murder of his estranged wife Vicki. The matter was again postponed to the 30th of June while his bail of R1 million was extended.

An Eastern Cape woman who allegedly embezzled an exorbitant amount of cash from her employer in Humansdorp has been arrested. Forty-five-year-old Lana Nell, who used to work at a veterinary clinic in town, made a brief appearance in the District Court where she was remanded in custody.

The body of the missing Gqeberha woman Desiree Baartman has been found. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says her body was thrown down a 3.7-meter storm water drain next to Standford Road near the Jagtersvlakte area on Tuesday night.

A convicted rapist was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Oudtshoorn Regional Court on Tuesday, 15 years after he raped a four-year-old girl from Mossel Bay.

The state has charged the ex-husband of missing Gqeberha woman, Desiree Baartman, with her murder, as well as defeating the ends of justice.

The Special Investigating Unit said it will be studying the judgment in the Bhisho High Court today which granted an interdict in favour of Premier Oscar Mabuyane halting the Special Investigating Unit's probe into aspects of his academic qualifications.

An 80-year-old farmer who has not been seen or heard from in over a week has been discovered in a room in his house with his arm pinned under a heavy machine. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the farmer who lives alone at Martindale Farm on Sanctuary Road in Thornhill got in trouble when the machine fell on top of him.

Detectives at the Mossel Bay police station are mourning the death of their beloved Colonel, who had to be euthanised on Monday. Colonel Tiger, a stray cat, was adopted by the Detective's Office in 2016 after they provided him with food and water.

Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor and President of the former Northern Alliance Party, Gary Van Niekerk, has announced that the party has officially changed its name to the National Alliance.