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The government has slapped a temporary ban on commercial fishing for sardines and anchovy around major penguin colonies, including two off Algoa Bay.

Two suspects have been arrested after the body of a petrol attendant was discovered inside a water drain in the small town of Hendrina in Mpumalanga.

The 33-year-old Gqeberha man who was arrested a day after his 65-year-old mother died in a fire in Park Drive on Tuesday, made his first court appearance on Friday.

Serious allegations have come to light implicating senior officials from the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) granting special privileges to one of Gqeberha's high-profile murder suspects. Former businessman Arnold Terblanche, who is accused of orchestrating the murder of his estranged wife Vicki, has been in custody for almost a year and has twice been denied bail.

Thornhill police are searching for the gunmen who shot and killed a 60-year-old man during a farm robbery on Thursday night.

Eastern Cape police said five people were killed in a shooting incident near Mthatha in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday night.

Nelson Mandela Bay residents can expect a jam-packed programme at the first Mandela Bay Art Festival.

Six suspects are expected to appear in the Gqeberha Magistrates Court on Thursday in connection with three separate murder cases.

A Gqeberha woman who strangled a child to death with a shoelace has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.