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Police arrested two suspects and seized a revolver and ammunition after three people were shot dead and three others wounded in shooting incidents in Rosedale in Kariega on Friday night.

Around 7 000 supporters took to the streets in towns and cities across South Africa on Saturday for the second Virtual Algoa FM Big Walk for Cancer.

The South African Human Rights Commission lamented the lack of improvement in some areas of health care in the Eastern Cape despite directives issued three years ago.

Four people, including a teenager, have been killed after a fire broke out at a gun store in Glenanda, south of Johannesburg. A spokesperson for ER24 Russel Meiring says when paramedics arrived on the scene just before 12 noon, they found local security forces and the Fire Brigade already on scene.

Residents of Kariega cannot stop talking about the new mall in town that was seven years in the making. Thousands of residents flocked to Thursday's opening of the multi-million rand Corkwood Square, already christened by locals as "The Cork".

A business entity allegedly involved in the fraudulent activities at the Eastern Province Rugby Union has been summoned to appear in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on the 5th of November. Hawks spokesperson Yolisa Mgolodela says the business entity faces allegations of fraud, money laundering, corruption, forgery and uttering.

Agri Eastern Cape says it obtained a ‘supervisory order’ which will result in the Chris Hani District Municipality having to take urgent steps to prevent raw, untreated sewage in Cradock from flowing directly into the Fish River.

A 19-year-old Kariega man accused of killing his teenage girlfriend and burying her body in a shallow grave has abandoned his bid for bail. Kyle Barnes appeared in the Magistrates Court on Thursday for the murder of 16-year-old, Sinthia Williams.

The rumour mill on social media has kicked into high gear following the murder of 42-year-old Gqeberha mother Vicki Terblanche. She was reported missing on Thursday 21st October and her body was found buried in a shallow grave at Greenbushes on the western outskirts of Nelson Mandela Bay three days later. The subsequent arrest of her boyfriend sent shockwaves through the City.