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A 27-year-old woman is in police custody in George after she was arrested for the possession of drugs at a roadblock on the N9. Police spokesperson Sergeant Christopher Spies says members of the Rural Flying Squad were conducting a vehicle checkpoint on the road between Oudtshoorn and George on Wednesday afternoon when a minibus taxi was pulled over.

Police in Gqeberha have cautioned homeowners and tenants to not make illegal connections to municipal electricity supply grids. Spokesperson, Captain Andre Beetge, says this after a three-year-old girl died after she was electrocuted when she picked up an electrical wire in her neighbour's yard.

Spokesperson, Mamela Ndamase, said there is no longer a security guard allocated to the cemetery because of the city's budget constraints. She did, however, say that a caretaker mows the lawn on a monthly basis.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has heeded the calls of residents in Kariega to address the continued vandalism of the town's iconic Allanridge Civic Centre, named after the late politician, Reverend Allan Hendrickse. That's after community members called for an urgent public meeting with Safety and Security MMC, Lawrence Troon.

The Eastern Cape Health Department has revealed that 319 children aged between 10 and 14, gave birth in the six months between July and December 2021.

The High Court in Makhanda has ordered the Eastern Cape Department of Education to ensure that every learner at every public school in the province is provided with textbooks and stationery by no later than 31 March 2022.

Parents at Collegiate Girls High School in Gqeberha have handed in a memorandum listing their demands after a reported incident of body-shaming against a matric learner. It was handed in on Monday after school principal, Louise Erasmus, took to the podium during assembly and apologised to pupils about the alleged incident.

Police in Despatch are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a pedestrian was killed following an accident between two vehicles on the R75.

Eastern Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nomthetheleli Mene has strongly condemned the “unethical and corrupt behaviour” of a Police Sergeant who was arrested for being in the possession of a stolen firearm and drugs.