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A 55-year-old man is in police custody in Maclear after the body of a missing woman was found mutilated in his house. Police spokesperson Captain Ursula Roelofse says the suspect is expected to make his first court appearance on Wednesday when he will be charged with rape and murder.

Eastern Cape police are searching for a Correctional Services official after the body of a 45-year-old woman was found in his quarters at the East London prison.

EFF leader, Julius Malema, has pleaded not guilty to five charges brought against him by the State for allegedly discharging a firearm at the party's 5th-anniversary celebrations in East London.

The Buffalo City Municipality says it will ease water restrictions back to stage two with immediate effect.

Andrew George (31) was walking home with 30-year-old Melissa Marlow in Independence Road in Kleinskool in August 2020. They’d been drinking with friends earlier in the evening. She said George hit Marlow over the head with a stone and then raped her before stabbing her in the neck.

In the late 1990’s it was not uncommon for intoxicated students to jump off the pier, but the dangers are obvious and the practice is strictly forbidden.

Tributes are pouring in for the young man who died on Sunday when he jumped off a cliff ledge at the popular Waterfall spot "Jan-se-Gat" on the Kabeljous River at Jeffreys Bay. Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer, Majola Nkohli, identified the victim as 23-year-old Evan Riding-Smith.

Police in Gqeberha have opened an inquest docket after a three-year-old boy died in a shack fire in the Gelvandale policing precinct on Tuesday.

Police in Kariega are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a driver hit and killed a child who was crossing the road with her friends.