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A group of five men are on the run following a home invasion in Kragga Kamma Road in Lorraine in Gqeberha on Friday. Police spokesperson Captain Andre Beetge says shortly after midnight, the five men, armed with knives and a crowbar, entered the house by breaking a window in front of the house.

Police in Barkley East are investigating a case of assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm after a farmer was stabbed, allegedly by a disgruntled former employee.

The Department of Transport in the Eastern Cape has closed the Langeni Pass on the R412 due to serious safety concerns. The pass which branches off the R61 connects Ugie and Mthatha.

The foster mother of a 5-year-old boy locked in a classroom for the entire weekend in Nxuba, formally, Cradock, wants answers on the matter.

Gqeberaha police have confiscated an Uzi machine gun in a raid on a property in Kwazkahele, one of three firearms seized yesterday.

Eastern Cape police and the Provincial Education Department are investigating the circumstances under which a 5-year-old boy was locked inside a classroom at a school in Nxuba (Cradock) since Friday.

Tributes are pouring in for a well known local businessman Braam Kritzinger who died in a boating accident in St Francis Bay on Tuesday. Kritzinger was a retired military sergeant and former owner of Braams Toyota in Joubertina.

The Hawks in the Eastern Cape have confirmed that a kidnapping suspect was killed in a shootout with police near the Nahoon Dam outside East London on Tuesday.

The body of a local man from St Francis Bay was found following an extensive search after his catamaran fishing craft was found washed onto the rocks at Shark Point on Tuesday morning.