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A woman and her husband who is the director of a local funeral parlour will appear in court on Thursday on a charge of money laundering and theft. The 44-year-old Margaret Matebese and her husband Ntsikilelo will appear in court with their three co-accused for allegedly stealing money from a Nedbank client.

The bail application of two men accused of killing and burying a 42-year-old Gqeberha mother in a shallow grave will be heard early in November. The 33-year-old Reinhardt Leach and his co-accused, 20-year-old Dylan Cullis made a brief appearance at the local magistrate's court on Wednesday.

Police in Kirkwood are investigating a case of murder after an elderly farm manager was killed. Spokesperson Brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana says the 68-year-old man was attacked in a vegetable project farm near Bersheba on Monday.

Police in Gqeberha have discovered the skeletal remains of a man they believe to be that of the missing Adriaan Scheepers. The 55-year-old Scheepers was reported missing a year ago after his landlord became suspicious when he did not see him for days.

Former Nelson Mandela Bay ANC councillor, Andile Lungisa, will go on trial next month for contravening lockdown regulations in July.

Protesting truck drivers have blocked the N3 outside Harrismith as they too want the transport minister to address them. Free State police spokesperson, Motantsi Makhele, says just before midnight, the group of 30 disgruntled drivers lined up their trucks in such a manner that the N3 near the Montrose fuel station, 20 km outside Harrismith was completely cordoned off.

The Democratic Alliance once again brought its 'big guns' to Nelson Mandela Bay to woo voters ahead of the local government elections next Monday. The party hosted its last election rally in the Bay in the hope of securing an outright majority.

The opening of the general anaesthetics manufacturing line at Aspen marks a significant step in consolidating Gqeberha's status as the pharmaceutical hub on the African continent. That was the word from the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competitions, Ebrahim Patel, who delivered the keynote address at the official opening of the production line on Monday.

Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu identified the victims as 19-year-old Lihle Tebe from the Eastern Cape and 19-year-old Lindoxolo Thenjani from Rustenburg.