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A 39-year-old man was killed after he was hit by a truck on the N2 freeway near Colchester. A spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says the accident happened in the early hours of Tuesday at about 1.30 am.

Four people were killed and three seriously injured when a Toyota Avanza collided with a bakkie on the R61. The accident happened on Monday morning just outside Ngcobo travelling towards Mthatha. A spokesperson for Provincial Traffic Unathi Binqose says it is alleged that the Avanza picked up hitchhikers which seemed to upset a local taxi association.

A spokesperson for police Lieutenant Colonel Sergio Kock says the Springbok and Kuilsrivier Stock Theft and Endangered Species Units (STESU) conducted a joint operation in Elsiesrivier last week where they confiscated 3 500 Conophytum Achabense plants with a street value of R350 000.00.

A motorist believed to have drowned after his car landed up in the water in New Brighton Beach in Gqeberha has been found.

Nine people have been killed following a head-on collision between two taxi's on the N2 between Makhanda and Nanaga on Sunday night. A spokesperson for Provincial Traffic Unathi Binqose says a fully loaded taxi travelling from Tsolo to Mosselbay collided head-on with a taxi travelling from Gqeberha to Mthatha that only had a driver and one passenger on board.

A total of eight people, including a policeman, drowned during flooding in the Eastern Cape this weekend.

Eastern Cape Premier, Lubabalo Mabuyane, and Buffalo City Executive Mayor, Xola Pakati will embark on a post-flooding damage assessment on Sunday, following the weekend's torrential rains.

Tributes are pouring in for a police officer attached to the East London K-9 unit who drowned in the Nahoon River while on duty on Saturday.

At least three people died when a car with four occupants was swept away by floodwater following heavy rains near Dutywa in the Eastern Cape on Saturday.