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The Hawks in the Eastern Cape said a 39-year-old man was arrested in connection with the shooting and wounding of an East London policeman in Quigney in November.

A Buffalo City teenager drowned when a “slow-moving storm” dumped between 20mm and 40mm of rain over parts of the Metro on Saturday morning.

The Buffalo City Metro is on high alert following continuous heavy rains across the region.

The Western Cape has passed the peak of the fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic with the number of new daily cases declining.

Six people were killed and nine injured following a head-on collision between two minibus taxis on the N9. Provincial Traffic Spokesperson Unathi Binqose says the accident happened at about 10 pm on Thursday on the road between Graaff-Reinet and Aberdeen.

The Provincial Organised Crime Unit is investigating a dramatic shooting incident that left four people dead and a fifth injured.

Police have made a significant breakthrough following the arrest of six suspects in connection with the extorting of money from various business owners in the Metro.

The Police Sea Border Unit and other role players have confiscated abalone with an estimated value of R700 000 during a combined operation at Plettenberg Bay.

The brown locust plague affecting the Northern and Eastern Cape is already costing millions of rands to combat according to the National Department of Agriculture.