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The Eastern Cape Liquor Board says it wants to mitigate the scourge of underage drinking and the culture of "pens down" parties after school exams. This, in the wake of the Enyobeni Tavern tragedy in which 21 young people died.

A man searching for his lost horse made a shocking discovery when he found a man's body inside the yard of a raw pump station in the Amathole District Municipality.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating the hijacking and kidnapping of a businessman in Korsten on Wednesday afternoon.

The former Provincial spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) who became a DA councillor has passed away.

At the centre of the protest are complaints by residents of Khayamnandi informal settlement in NU29, Motherwell over electricity and dirty toilets. They blame the frequent change in leadership at the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality for the lack of development in the metro.

This is related to his involvement in the accounting scandal that rocked the former retail giant. The move represents the first major public-sector-led court action in SA linked to Jooste and his role as the top executive at Steinhoff when the fraud first came to light a few years back.

Tuesday's ordinary Council Meeting did not take place after ANC and EFF councillors stormed the Joint Operations Centre located at the South End Fire station where the meeting was to have been held.

The 27-year-old woman who was stabbed to death at her office in Mossel Bay has been identified as Kirsty James. According to the family of the deceased, James and the suspect were close friends.