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The Rocklands Road in Kariega has been closed by police following a violent protest on Wednesday night.

A distraught Gqeberha woman has painted a horrific picture of the experience of patients at Gqeberha Provincial Hospital due to severe staff shortages. Tania Shrosbee braved the bitterly cold weather conditions on Wednesday to picket outside Livingstone Hospital in honour of her relative who she says needs urgent surgery to save her life at Gqeberha's Provincial Hospital.

The Eastern Cape Transport Department says the death toll from a horror accident outside Maletswai, has risen to six.

Eastern Cape police say a case of attempted murder is under investigation after shots were fired at the offices of a taxi organisation in Peddie.

Detectives in Gqeberha are searching for three suspects who shot and killed two people and injured another at Airport Valley in Walmer on Tuesday.

Gqeberha-based anti-Rhino poaching activist and author Wayne Bolton is embarking on a 2400 km mountain bike ride from Namibia to South Africa in the name of Rhino Conservation.

A 41-year-old Eastern Cape woman appeared in the Mthatha Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding Standard Bank of over R80 000.

A 22-year-old man who tried to warm his house in Kariega on Monday night has died.

Three of the four suspects accused of stealing the belongings of the 21 young tavern goers who died at the Enyobeni tavern in East London will remain in custody for now.