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Convicted abalone poacher Ryno Swanepoel has been sentenced to an effective three months imprisonment by the Gqeberha Magistrate’s court.

In the ongoing fight to decriminalise sex work, the Department of Social Development saw it fitting to facilitate this discussion with sex workers, civil society and religious groups to better understand the lived experiences and hardships of sex workers.

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of Pinnacle Point resident 79-year-old Marietha Willemse.

The police and non-profit organisation Women and Men Against Child Abuse (WMACA) have announced the launch of an organised crime investigation into teachers and sports coaches who are allegedly part of a ring of sexual predators targeting children at elite schools. On Thursday, Colonel Heila Niemand confirmed during a press briefing in Johannesburg that the police have reopened the case against disgraced former St Andrews College water polo coach David McKenzie.

Police and anti-poaching units in Nelson Mandela Bay have made two significant abalone busts this week, during which diving equipment worth thousands of rands was also confiscated. Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the busts were all effected on Wednesday.

Despatch detectives are urgently seeking the public's assistance in tracing a teenager who was reported missing on Tuesday this week. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says 18-year-old Almonre Antovian Ashley Roman was dropped off by a relative at the Pick 'n Pay in Despatch on Monday morning.

Eastern Cape police have confirmed that criminal case dockets have been found at a dump site in the Buffalo City area.

A man whose decomposed body was found dumped in a bag outside a school in Schauderville has been identified. Spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says family members identified him as 35-year-old Siyabulela Zonqo.

Two truck drivers were killed on Thursday following a head-on collission on the R72. A spokesperson for Provincial Traffic Unathi Binqose says a bakery truck with two occupants and an articulated container truck with just a driver, collided head-on shortly before 5 am.