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A man from the small rural village of Rhodes in the North Eastern Cape was sentenced to three years in prison for threatening to kill a police officer.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a pedestrian was killed while crossing the N2 underneath the Stanford Road footbridge.

Two men will spend the weekend behind bars following their arrest in Jansenville on Friday for the possession of abalone with an estimated street value of R430 000.

A 41-year-old man who went on a killing spree in 2018 has been sentenced to three life terms and an additional 50 years in prison for robbing and killing three defenceless elderly women.

Nelson Mandela Bay police are investigating a case of armed robbery after mohair worth R100 000 was stolen from premises in North End on Thursday.

The protest followed the municipality demolishing 30 shacks recently erected in the area. The community retaliated by stoning the Nelson Mandela University Missionvale campus building and burnt tyres at the gates.

A 57-year old truck driver was assaulted and robbed by four armed suspects who stole his cell phone and cash before fleeing.

Police are investigating the mob murder of a man whose body was found in a street in Motherwell in Gqeberha on Thursday morning.

A 45-year-old woman from Mdantsane was arrested for murder after she allegedly shot her son who was assaulting her daughter.