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The investigation into the murder of a 49-year-old receptionist at St Georges Hospital has taken an unexpected turn with the arrest of a 35-year-old suspect. Carol Anne Magielies was gunned down in the hospital parking lot on Sunday just moments after finishing her shift.

The Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape is calling on Health Minister, Dr Joe Paahla, to intervene in the province to address critical surgical backlogs. This was after the Provincial Health Department, acknowledged that an elderly patient in East London has been waiting on the orthopaedic waiting list at Frere Hospital for six years for surgery.

An East London doctor accused of selling sick notes to medically fit patients appeared in the local Magistrate's court on Monday. Sixty-nine-year-old Dr Siphokazi Sokupa, who was arrested during an undercover investigation by the Hawks in May 2020, is disputing video footage presented against her by Colonel Raymond Buys, who approved the sting operation.

Two of the five men accused of killing eight people at a birthday party in Kwazakhele in Gqeberha at the end of January, have opted to abandon their bail application.

Jonathan Blow who stands accused of stealing over R50 million from two Nelson Mandela Bay Spar franchises was arrested by the Hawks earlier this month.

A man who allegedly shot and killed a receptionist outside St George's Hospital in Gqeberha has been found dead. A spokesperson for police Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says the body of the 51-year-old suspect was found at the Beachfront on Monday morning.

A 43-year-old local man from Jeffreys Bay is missing at sea after his sea kayak capsized at Walskipper on Sunday. Spokesperson for the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Craig Lambinon says the J'Bay duty crew was activated following reports of a double sea kayak that capsized at Paradise Beach.

A woman who was gunned down outside the St George's Hospital on Sunday has been identified.

Gqeberha police are investigating a case of murder following a dramatic shooting incident just outside the St Georges Hospital on Sunday evening.