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Three former Selborne College learners facing eight counts of assault want all charges against them dropped in the East London Magistrate's Court. This was revealed by the defence attorneys of Liyema Badli, Liyabona Masebe and Alizwa Matwa, who matriculated from the semi-private school last year.

If loadshedding persists in levels five or six, Volkswagen South Africa could lose up to a quarter of the units it had projected to produce this year.

The Eastern Cape Department of Education says it is investigating at least six teachers at different schools for assault and corporal punishment. This comes two weeks after matriculants at a school in KwaBhaca, formerly known as Mount Frere, accused the principal of beating them with a hose pipe after they missed an early class.

Residents in the Colleen Glen area in Nelson Mandela Bay have been warned to keep an eye on their pets following a poisoning incident reported to a local vet. The Kragga Kamma Veterinary Hospital took to social media on Wednesday after a pet owner informed them that her dog might have ingested some poisonous meat.

Eastern Cape police released the name of the police officer who was killed in a brazen attack in the Motherwell Magistrates Court on Wednesday. Police spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana identified him as 42-year-old Sergeant Mario Nel, who had been a police officer for 16 years.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating the murder of a doctor who was shot dead in his surgery in Kwazakhele on Wednesday evening.

The NSRI said a 50-year-old man from Cape Town was bitten by a shark while surfing at Supertubes in Jeffreys Bay on Wednesday.

While the top brass of crime fighting in Nelson Mandela Bay had gathered for the first crime summit, seeking solutions for the increasing crime in the area, a court orderly was shot dead in the Motherwell Magistrates Court.

A suspect has been arrested following the brazen shooting of a policeman in the Motherwell Magistrates Court. National Police spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, says the Eastern Cape's Anti-Gang Unit apprehended the man who shot and killed a 42-year-old Sergeant on Wednesday morning.