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The trial of EFF leader, Julius Malema, for allegedly firing an automatic weapon at his party’s 5th-anniversary celebrations in Mdantsane, will get underway on Tuesday in the East London Regional Court.

Police in the Eastern Cape have launched a manhunt for two suspects who allegedly shot and killed a man charged with siphoning R103 million from ABSA Bank. According to police, 30-year-old Xolela Masebeni, who was employed as a specialist engineer at the bank, was sitting outside his house with four friends in Ezibeleni, Komani, when he was shot around 4 pm on Saturday.

The National Sea Rescue Institute said a man in his twenties has died after jumping off a cliff ledge at Jan se Gat Waterfall on the Kabeljous River at Jeffreys Bay.

A 9-year-old Gqeberha girl has been wounded by a stray bullet fired during a shootout between rival gangs.

Eastern Cape Premier, Oscar Mabuyane has paid tribute to the East London K9 unit officer, Captain Pierre Marx, who tragically drowned while rescuing people caught in floodwaters in the city last month.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber has welcomed the decision by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to approve a 9.6% electricity tariff increase, despite Eskom seeking up to 20% in its latest application.

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says the water quality crisis in the Metro has been resolved but that residents should continue boiling tap water until Sunday

At least three Eastern Cape villages will remain without electricity after protesting community members threatened Eskom employees and vandalised their truck

The Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape said it started disconnecting debtors who owe the District Municipality a staggering R927 million as of the end of January.