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Eastern Cape Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nomthetheleli Mene has welcomed the three life terms imposed on convicted rapist Khululekani Ngqeza in the Makhanda High Court.

Three more people have lost their lives in fatal accidents on Eastern Cape roads.

Buffalo City officials were busy on Monday with mopping up operations after heavy weekend rain several hundred people without shelter following flooding in many parts of the Metro.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a teenager was killed in an apparent hit-and-run accident on Saturday.

A man from Cape Town who allegedly assaulted his girlfriend inside his car, while driving, is expected to appear in the Khayelitsha Magistrates Court on Monday. Police Spokesperson Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi says police were busy with patrols at Monwabesi Beach when they spotted a black VW Golf with two occupants engaged in an argument.

It has been four days since a four-year-old child was reported missing from Wells Estate and police are now asking community members for their assistance. Nakane Lizane was dropped off at his home on Thursday evening and played outside with his 10-year-old brother, while his mother cooked supper.

The mother of a nine-year-old boy and the child’s stepfather will make their first appearance in the George Magistrates Court on Monday, following his death over the weekend.

Eastern Cape Premier, Oscar Mabuyane, has sent messages of condolence to the families of eight people who died in a head-on collision between two mini-buses near Mthatha.

Teams from the humanitarian organisation Gift Of the Givers were assisting officials in Nelson Mandela Bay after hundreds of residents from an area in Motherwell were forced to leave their homes following heavy weekend rain.