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A 19-year-old man has drowned in the surf near the Kabeljous river mouth at Jeffrey's Bay.

The driver of a bakkie involved in an accident on Christmas Day that claimed the life of a 10-year-old girl in Mossel Bay has been arrested on charges of culpable homicide, drunken driving and resisting arrest.

A 23-year-old man from Cape Town who was on holiday has drowned in the sea at Glentana near George.

A boy has drowned at the Swartkops River Bridge next to the N2 in Gqeberha, while the body of a local 53-year-old fisherman has been found on rocks at Seaview outside the city.

Eastern Cape police have arrested a 45-year-old tavern owner in Komani on a charge of bribery.

A 10-year-old girl was killed and eleven people were injured in an accident in Mossel Bay on Christmas Day.

The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, will lead and convene an emergency ministerial meeting in the Eastern Cape on Friday, amid the high number of fatalities among initiates.

Police in Gqeberha are seeking the assistance of the public with any information that can lead to the arrest of a suspect involved in the murder of a 41-year-old man in Humewood.

Four people, suspected to be members of a family, were killed in a head-on collision on the R61 between Komani and Tarkastad late on Monday night.