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Enyobeni Tavern owners, Siyakhangela and Vuyokazi Ndevu, were back in the East London Magistrates Court on Tuesday, where they stand accused of selling alcohol to underage persons and contravening the Liquor Act.

Police Spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, says 24 counts of negligent loss of firearms cases were opened against the owner after he could not account for the firearms.

A group of tourists visiting Gqeberha was held at gunpoint on Monday before being robbed of their personal belongings. Spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says a group of 12 tourists disembarked from a small cruise ship and were guided on a tour through Belmont Terrace in Central.

A 32-year-old man appeared in the Butterworth Magistrates Court on Monday for what police called a despicable and cruel act.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating a case of murder after a man was stabbed to death at St George's Park on Monday.

Eastern Cape police are investigating a case of carjacking and kidnapping after two women had a harrowing ordeal in Ngqeleni on Sunday. Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli says that shortly after 1 pm the driver of a grey Mitsubishi Pajero was forced to stop on a gravel road, known as the Mdumbi Road.

Gqeberha police killed one suspect and arrested 17 others after they were spotted offloading alcohol from a hijacked truck over the weekend. Spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says a truck driver was making his way down Struanway towards Deal Party on Saturday afternoon when hijackers stopped him as he was slowing down at a speed hump. She says a passenger jumped out of a grey VW Polo and forced the driver at gunpoint to get into another vehicle.

Eastern Cape police are investigating a double murder in Jeffreys Bay. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the two victims were sitting in a store room attached to a primary dwelling in Oceanview on Saturday evening when several shots were fired through a window from the outside.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says it is aware of large-scale electricity outages across the metro since the weekend caused by the Chatty substation that has tripped.