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Police in Embalenhle near Secunda in Mpumalanga are investigating the deaths of two siblings who died after allegedly eating noodles for breakfast. The siblings, aged 9 and 13, both died last week.

The bail hearing of the two men accused of killing 42-year-old Vicki Terblanche was postponed on Thursday in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's Court. This follows the arrest of Terblanche's estranged husband Arnold at his Millpark home on Wednesday evening.

The estranged husband of slain Gqeberha mother Vicki Terblanche has been arrested. The 53-year-old Arnold Terblanche was arrested at his house in Millpark on Wednesday evening.

The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has initiated all relevant oil spill response teams to assist with the containment and cleanup operation following an oil spill In Algoa Bay. The spill occurred around 1 pm on Wednesday when a Croatian flagged vessel, MV Solin was taking bunkers offshore from the bunker tanker "Sea Express" while at the Algoa Bay anchorage number 1.

Eastern Cape police are investigating a case of aggravated robbery after the Makhanda Post Office was robbed on Wednesday morning.

The judgment of the Walter Sisulu University student accused of stealing R800 000 erroneously paid into her student account will only be handed down in December. Thirty-one-year-old Sibongile Mani was not present at the Regional Commercial Crimes Court in East London on Wednesday as she is writing her final exams.

Sentencing proceedings in the matter of an East London attorney found guilty of raping and assaulting his wife are set to continue in the Grahamstown High Court on Wednesday. On Monday, the 49-year-old attorney was found guilty of raping his wife twice, in February 2012 and in May 2019.

Garden Route police are still searching for three armed men who robbed two employees from the Quikfin credit supplier in George on Monday. Police spokesperson Captain Malcolm Pojie says the two workers went to draw a large sum of money in Mitchell Street on Monday when they were accosted by three suspects.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating a case of murder after a 25-year-old man was shot and killed in Salt Lake. Spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, says members responded to the shooting in Harrington Street at about 11 am on Tuesday.