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Eastern Cape Community Safety MEC, Xolile Nqatha, has welcomed the arrest of the ex-wife of a Gqeberha doctor in connection with his murder.

A student who is being accused of murdering a 20-year-old woman on the Nelson Mandela University (NMU)'s George campus, made his first appearance in the local Magistrate's Court on Thursday. Twenty-two-year-old Luyanda Mahlanza is accused of brutally killing his girlfriend and fellow student in her room on Tuesday.

Eastern Cape police have launched a manhunt for unknown suspects after two taxi bosses were gunned down in Mthatha. Spokesperson Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli says police were notified of the double murder on Wednesday night when a Toyota bakkie with two occupants crashed into the gate of a Bed and Breakfast in Slovo Park.

Eastern Cape Police have launched a manhunt for a group of heavily armed men who robbed a Post Office in Ngqeleni. Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Majola Nkholi says police were alerted about a robbery shortly before noon on Wednesday and responded to the scene.

Nelson Mandela Bay political parties voted on Wednesday to approve the city’s capital and operating budget of R19.1 billion for the new financial year.

The NPA’s Asset Forfeiture Unit has obtained a provisional restraint order against the property of Walter Qusheka, who is the director of Garden to Floors, a company implicated in corruption at the University of Fort Hare.

Gqeberha police are offering a reward for information that would lead to the safe return of missing four-year-old Nakane Lizane, of Wells Estate.

The Buffalo City Metro (BCM) has issued a warning to beachgoers to be extra careful when taking to the shores this winter season. This after a paddler had an encounter with a shark in Nahoon on Tuesday.

Nelson Mandela University (NMU) is mourning the loss of a female student who was stabbed to death on their George campus on Tuesday, allegedly by a male student. It is believed that the 20-year-old victim was attacked inside her bedroom at an on-campus residence.