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Kouga mayor baulks at Eskom's proposed 40% tariff hike in letter to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa.

A 44-year-old Gqeberha bookkeeper was released on bail of R100,00 after being arrested by the Hawks on Monday for fraud amounting to R1.6 million.

National police management is deploying “more boots on the ground” to combat rising incidents of extortion and gang violence in the Eastern Cape.

Both men were later tracked down in Tylden just outside of Komani where they were found in the possession of the victim's stolen goods.

Closing arguments in the trial of a Kareedouw guesthouse owner charged with the double murder of a young couple was postponed to 1 October in the Gqeberha Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Monday.

Police in Gqeberha have identified the 12-year-old boy who died in an accident in Walmer on Sunday as Aiden Lewis. Spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says his mother has been discharged from hospital.

An off duty police Sergeant attached to the K9 Unit in East London was gunned down in front of his house in Mdantsane on Sunday morning.

The "Keep Grahamstown Grahamstown (KKG) campaign" spearheaded by anti-name change campaigner, Advocate Jock McConnachie said it now intends to make a comprehensive representation to the newly appointed Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie to review the name changes in the Eastern Cape.

A suspect wanted for a string of serious offences including murder and house robbery in the Garden Route was arrested in Mthatha over the weekend.