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A member of the Kamesh local community watch was gunned down by cable thieves this morning.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating a case of murder after the burnt body of an unknown person was discovered in Bethelsdorp on Monday.

A 10-year-old boy was mauled to death by two family-owned Pitbulls in Gelvandale, Gqeberha on Monday. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says police were called to the house in Antia Drive around 1:15 pm.

Constant complaints about manganese trucks ploughing through Eastern Cape roads have prompted Transport MEC, Xolile Nqata to make a special plea to the industry.

Tributes have been streaming online for Plett shark victim, Kimon Bisogno, of Observatory in Cape Town.

A 53-year-old man made a brief appearance in the Albertinia Magistrate's Court on Monday in connection with the murder of two young girls aged, nine and 10. Timothy Ova was arrested last Friday after the bodies of Jacorine Vaaltyn and Sharon Arries were found inside his dwelling at the back of an RDP house.

Last year, a Cape fur seal rescued and rehabilitated in Bayworld Aquarium in Gqeberha resurfaced about 400 km from his release site. Marketing Director for the South African Biodiversity Institute of South-Africa (SANBI) Nontsikelelo Mpulo says the Young Cape fur seal, known by zoo staff as Captain-Z has now been relocated to Pretoria following his harrowing ordeal over the past eight months.

Two Buffalo City Municipality employees were robbed at gunpoint while attending to a water-related issue in Needscamp. Ngwenya says a brand new water pump and keys were also stolen.

The Eastern Cape Transport Department says a total of 20 people were killed on the province’s roads over the Heritage Day Weekend.