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Four men have been gunned down at the offices of Mdantsane's Taxi association offices in Qumza Highway. Police spokesperson Brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana says three of the victims were busy inside the office when they were killed while a fourth victim is believed to be a bystander.

At least five farmers in the Gamtoos River Valley have packed up and moved on as cuts to water quotas and the ongoing drought take their toll. The Gamtoos Irrigation Board says the long-running drought, coupled with a severe restriction of just 20% on the abstraction of water by commercial farmers from the Kouga Dam, has had a devastating impact on the economy of the Valley.

Eastern Province Cricket has joined thousands of cricket fans, players and umpires, by sending their heartfelt condolences to the family of former South African Umpire Rudi Koertzen. He was killed in a car accident in the Western Cape on Tuesday morning. More information has since come to light about the horror accident on the N2/Stillbaai offramp that claimed the lives of Koertzen and two other men.

A Gqeberha woman who was viciously assaulted at an accident scene in Circular Drive six weeks ago is out of hospital and ready to identify her alleged attacker. The 35-year-old woman who sustained serious injuries in the attack will formally do an identity parade on Friday.

The world-famous cricket umpire, Rudi Koertzen, and three other people were killed in a head-on collision near Riversdale on Tuesday morning.

Gqeberha police have opened an inquest docket after a young woman died in a house fire in Hudson Street in Glen Hurd.

Disaster management teams in Buffalo City Metro had their hands full on Monday after heavy rain and strong winds flooded homes, ripped roofs off homes in peri-urban areas and led to shacks being washed away.

Three men accused of stealing the belongings of the victims of the Enyobeni tavern tragedy have been denied bail in the East London Magistrate's Court.

Police in Kariega have arrested two men for the death of a man who was severely assaulted in the early hours of Sunday mornin