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A memorial service will be held in Mossel Bay on Thursday for a Grade 11 learner from Point High School who died after she crashed her motorcycle on her way to school.

Seven suspects are in police custody following their arrest earlier this week in a sting operation by the Hawks. Spokesperson Captain Yolisa Mgolodela says on Monday the Hawks followed the movements of rubber ducks allegedly involved in illegal abalone poaching.

Six Walter Sisulu University qualifications are either not accredited or do not have PQM clearance, postgraduate diploma in Library and Information Sciences not affected.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating a case of house robbery after an elderly couple was tied up and robbed in their home in Alcock Road on Tuesday. Police Spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says two suspects, armed with a gun and knife, gained access to the house through an open sliding door.

Eight suspects including a former soldier are expected to appear in the Mbizana Magistrates Court on Wednesday for an armed robbery at a general store operating as a pension-py-out outlet. Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli says the eight suspects, who were heavily armed, arrived at the shop in a white Toyota Corolla on Monday morning.

A boat-building business and storage facility in Gqeberha went up in flames on Monday night. The bustling business is situated at the bottom of Brickmakers Kloof - diagonally opposite AlgoaFM House.

The ANC's Eastern Cape provincial chairperson, Oscar Mabuyane, says anyone who is serious about the country, or serious about the future of South Africa should not look further than a person like President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Tributes are pouring in for an East London family who died in a house fire last week.

Police in Bethelsdorp arrested an alleged murder suspect on the scene of the fatal shooting of a 41-year-old man at a house in Glover Street on Sunday night. Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says around 7.30 pm, Byron Williams was at a family gathering at the house.