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Former security guard Zipho Nqoko has been sentenced to an effective 30 years behind bars for the kidnapping and murder of eight- year-old Imange Jantjies in Thembalethu, George.

The Mossel Bay Magistrate's Court has granted bail to a local pastor accused of rape.

A policy document geared at regulating Community-Based Safety Structures in the Eastern Cape has raised the concern of a rural safety forum in Nelson Mandela Bay.

Police are investigating cases of attempted murder and business robbery after the owner of a superette in Bluewater Bay in Gqeberha was shot and wounded on Tuesday night.

Eastern Cape police have arrested a mother for allegedly killing her four children with a hammer.

A woman who helped to fake her husband's death over 23 years ago will appear in court alongside her husband, who is very much alive. A spokesperson for the Hawks Lloyd Ramovha says 67-year-old Robbie Smith who went by the alias Chris Boshoff and his wife Alice Abigail will appear in the Knysna Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Buffalo City Metro (BCM) has assured residents that medical waste that was found at Bridle Drift Dam is not contaminating drinking water. The Metro was responding to the complaints by the Mdantsane community that businesses have turned Bridle Drift Dam into a medical waste dump site.

The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance (SAAPA) is demanding accountability for East London's Enyobeni tavern tragedy, having called on the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to investigate. The public health NGO filed the complaint with the Commission three days after the June tragedy in which 21 young tavern-goers died under mysterious circumstances.

Eastern Cape police said attempts to retrieve the body of a biker from below Bloukrans Bridge proved challenging and will resume on Wednesday.