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Eastern Cape police are investigating a double murder after two men were fatally wounded inside a house in Peddie on Saturday.

Police are appealing to the public for help in identifying a man who died after being hit by a bakkie on the R75 at Despatch on Saturday morning.

The Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape has condemned what it called 'the ongoing neglect of municipal infrastructure' in Komani after the Town Hall caught fire on Friday evening.

Bail has been denied to 55-year-old, Arnold Terblanche who is accused of orchestrating the murder of his estranged wife Vicki. The businessman who is the former director of Proac Engineering in Gqeberha appeared at the PE Magistrate Court where Judgment was handed down on Friday.

A seasoned detective has been brought in to intensify the search for Sylvia Wittal who was last spoken to on the 30th of December. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says although the docket is still that of a missing person, they are not ruling out suicide or foul play.

A 41-year-old man was rushed to the hospital on Friday after being attacked and stabbed in his cottage at a guest house in Main Road, Addo. Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli says three men armed with knives stormed into the cottage at around 4 am and stabbed the victim several times in his upper body.

Police in Makhanda has asked for assistance from the community to find a 36-year-old woman who has been missing for more than 40 days. Spokesperson Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli says the 36-year-old Noluvuyo Nomthandazo Mqawu who resides in Joza, was last seen on Friday the 17th of December on her way to attend a traditional ceremony at Transit Camp.

The Volkswagen Polo, produced at the company's Kariega plant, is one of three vehicle models mostly involved in fatal crashes in the country. And, according to the findings of a baseline study released on Thursday by the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), the Polo, Toyota Hilux and Toyota Quantum, also accounted for the highest number of speed infringement fines issued.

Buffalo City Metro says it will introduce night-time water cuts between 10 pm and 4 am in a bid to build up the water storage capacity for the high lying areas after recent floods severely affected the city's water infrastructure.