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The Eastern Cape Transport Department says a preliminary investigation has pointed to possible mechanical failure as the cause of last month's horror bus accident in the Kei Cuttings which claimed the lives of 31 people, mostly women.

The Covid-19, 70-bed basement ward equipped with piped oxygen at Livingstone Hospital in Gqeberha is currently operating at less than 60% capacity due to a shortage of doctors and nurses. This is according to Doctors Working Without Borders (MSF) who say they have been supporting the Department of Health in all three Covid-19 waves.

A spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority Luxolo Tyali says it is alleged that Ndema killed his wife two days prior to reporting her missing.

A 48-year-old man and his five female co-accused have appeared in the Durban Magistrates' Court on charges of selling houses that did not belong to them.

Police in the Eastern Cape have opened an inquest docket after a fetus was found in a fridge at a clinic in Bityi.

A two-year-long search for a missing Eastern Cape caregiver has ended in tragedy following the discovery of her decapitated body buried under a bathtub in Dutywa.

A 24-year-old Walter Sisulu University (WSU) student was stabbed to death by another student following an argument on Monday night in a student residence in Southernwood, East London.

Willowmore police arrested three suspects who allegedly stole mohair from a local farm last week.

A 53-year-old man from Gqeberha sustained a gunshot wound in the back following an armed robbery of two neighbouring houses in Lakeside.