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Gqeberha police have arrested a 40-year-old woman for the illegal possession of Schedule 5 and 6 prescription drugs in the city's Northern Areas.

Eastern Cape police have arrested two suspects for the theft of motorbikes in Gqeberha.

A 51-year-old woman has been killed and her 18-year-old son and five-year-old grand daughter were injured when they were hit by a vehicle on the N2 near Great Brak River.

Three people appeared in court this week for allegedly defrauding the Eastern Cape Education Department of R6 million.

Eastern Cape scholar transport operators would receive their outstanding payments by month’s end.

The families of the victims of the Enyobeni tavern tragedy in East London are calling for the owners to be prosecuted for murder. The call was made in a memorandum to the National Prosecuting Authority, following Friday's court appearance of Siyakwamkela and Vuyokazi Ndevu, who are charged with liquor-related offences.

The male pit bull that mauled a toddler to death in East London on Wednesday has been euthanized. Senior Inspector and General Manager of the SPCA in the Metro Andries Venter says the dog will now be tested for rabies.

Police in Gqeberha are once again warning motorbike owners to take extra precautionary security measures following a spike in thefts.

Sizwe Kupelo of the Sizwe Kupelo Foundation who launched a petition, which is now sitting on over 120 000 signatures to have the dogs banned, says South Africa has a pitbull crisis which needs to be addressed urgently.