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The George municipality is continuing with water restrictions in the picturesque Garden Route as rainfall has not improved.

The Polish immigrant who assassinated SA Communist Party leader, Chris Hani in 1993, is a free man. Sixty-nine-year-old Janusz Walus was granted parole last month after serving 29 years in prison.

Three officials working at the St Albans Correctional Centre on the outskirts of Gqeberha have been stabbed by inmates on Wednesday.

One suspect has been shot dead and another arrested following an armed robbery at a jewellery shop in Plettenberg Bay. Police spokesperson Sergeant Chris Spies says three men were involved in the robbery that happened at around 8 am on Tuesday.

Mossel Bay police launched a manhunt on Tuesday for nine suspects who tried to rob the Engen garage on the N2 near Dana Bay.

Volkswagen Group South Africa will head into the December shutdown on a high, having produced the two-millionth unit of its popular Polo and Polo Vivo models.

It's been more than seven weeks since Gqeberha businessman, Ashraf Laher, was hijacked and kidnapped in Korsten. Hawks Eastern Cape spokesperson, Captain Yolisa Mgolodela, told Algoa FM News that negotiations were still in process.

Police have confirmed that cyclist, Alan Broderick, who was reported missing has been found in the forest near the Bitou River.

The Eastern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB) has expressed its concern over rumours that the owners of the Enyobeni were still selling alcohol despite their tavern being closed. This follows an article in the Drum Magazine where a parent of one of the deceased was quoted as saying that the owners were being insensitive by continuing to sell alcohol while the investigation is not yet concluded.