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The trial of self-confessed middle-man Luthando Siyoni in the murder of Jayde Panayiotou is underway in the PE High Court. 41-year-old Luthando Siyoni is being charged with conspiracy to commit murder as well as murder. State prosecutor Marius Stander called five witnesses on Friday, who all recalled the day of Jayde's abduction and how her body was found.

A man has been killed and another injured in George while they were allegedly attempting to steal a copper earth bare conductor

The Walter Sisulu University student who is accused of the theft of R800 000 erroneously paid into her student account will know her fate soon.

Central Karoo police arrested a passenger on a Cape-Town-bound bus for being in possession of a large quantity of Tik with a street value of R2.2 million.

Police in Nelson Mandela Bay have launched a manhunt for those responsible for shooting and killing four people in and abandoned building and seriously wounding five others

The man accused of the brutal murder of his student girlfriend is due to make his first appearance in the East London High Court on Thursday. Twenty-five-year-old Alutha Pasile has been charged with the death of Fort Hare University law student, Nosicelo Mtebeni, in August.

The trial of the self-confessed middleman in the 2015 murder of school teacher Jayde Panayiotou got underway in the High Court in Gqeberha on Tuesday. 33-year-old Luthando Siyoni, who has been in custody for three and a half years, was initially the State's key witness but was found to be untruthful and will now face two charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. The long-awaited trial, seen as the second chapter in a quest for closure for Jayde's family, got off to a rocky start when Siyoni's new legal representative, Advocate Siphokazi Cubungu, brought an application for the State Prosecutor to recuse himself.

A man believed to be in his sixties has died after he was assaulted with a mannequin in Korsten in Gqeberha. Colonel Priscilla Naidu says a vagrant was woken up by the suspect who was looking for someone around 02h00 on Tuesday.

A 30-year-old taxi driver has been arrested after he fatally struck a 14-year-old boy and fled from the accident scene in Stanford Road, Gqeberha.