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Several learners from an Eastern Cape High School have been granted bail following their arrest for the alleged gang rape of a Grade 8 learner.

Gqeberha police have confiscated abalone with an estimated value of R500 000 at Redhouse.

Seven people died a gruesome death when they were burnt beyond recognition in an accident on the R61 road between Aberdeen in the Eastern Cape and Beaufort West in the Western Cape.

Former Paralympian and convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius has been sent back to a prison in Gauteng. Pistorius has been at St Albans since late last year to prepare for a Victim-Offender-Dialogue (VOD) with the parents of his victim, Reeva Steenkamp.

The Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality has been lambasted for failure to communicate ongoing problems with the electricity to the community. Residents report that several parts of Komani have been without electricity for more than 20 days.

According to the South African Veterinary Association (SAVA), several deaths have been reported in the Eastern Cape this year due to rabies.

A Gqeberha dog owner has pleaded with the municipality to spare the lives of his five pit bulls despite the fact that it bit three people earlier this month. One of those victims was Luke Harwich who nearly lost his leg in the attack that took place on the 17th of June in front of his mother's complex in Montrose Road.

The Ntabankulu Magistrates Court has denied bail to the 59-year-old principal of the Bonxa High School who is accused of repeatedly raping a Grade 12 learner.

Hundreds of residents in Kuyga township in Gqeberha have been protesting for three days, demanding that the municipality upgrade the sewerage system and electrify shacks in the area.