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The St Francis Bay Ratepayers Association says it has written to Local Government MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, for help in repairing roads in the village. The association's deputy-chairperson, Nigel Aitken, says many roads are impassable as a result

Eastern Cape Local Government MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, will travel to Dordrecht in the North Eastern Cape on Wednesday. That's where local residents, under the banner of the SA National Civics Organisation, have been protesting for several days

Eastern Cape police have confirmed that one of the five suspects arrested near Knysna for the murder of Jansenville farmer Owen Charles is just 13 years old. Police spokesperson, Major Ernest Sigobe, says five young suspects aged between 13 and

Four suspects have been arrested in connection with Sunday's murder of 70-year-old Owen Charles on his farm in the Jansenville district. Charles was stabbed to death when he was attacked by five men on his farm, Armadale. His wife Janet was

An East London taxi driver will appear in court on Tuesday on a charge of reckless and negligent driving. Police spokesperson, lieutenant Nkosikho Mzuku, says the 26-year-old driver was arrested in Reeston on Monday morning following an accident

Police at Fort Beaufort have arrested 14 suspects following an armed robbery at a bank at the town. Brigadier Marinda Mills says three suspects were arrested shortly after they robbed security guards at the bank of their firearms on Monday

 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa will hold public hearings today on the generation license applications for five wind farms in the Eastern Cape. Together the wind farms have a combined generation of nearly 340 megawatts

A satellite community police station has been opened at Quigney in East London in response to the rising crime rate on the city's beachfront. The satellite police station was launched as a joint initiative between the police and local business

The search continued on Monday in Plettenberg Bay for four men who have been missing since last Thursday. Police spokesperson, captain Bernadine Steyn, says police divers continued the search for the men who failed to return after going fishing