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A 38-year-old man will appear in the Mossel Bay magistrate’s court on Thursday after he allegedly swam from Great Brak River to the Petro SA’s Orca platform, several kilometres offshore.

The highly contagious Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus was detected in two regions of the Eastern Cape.

A taxi driver from Elliotdale in the Eastern Cape has been sentenced to 22-years imprisonment for killing his ex-girlfriend in December last year.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a 51-year-old pedestrian was killed on her way to work on Wednesday morning.

Covid numbers are climbing in the Karoo. This is according to a report from the Department of Health on the amount of current active cases within the Dr Beyers Naude Local Municipality.

The Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department says all plans to send boys in the province for initiation must end immediately.

When the victim arrived, Cameron jumped into her vehicle and threatened her before pouring petrol over her.

A 37-year-old man is expected to appear in the Addo Magistrates court on Wednesday on a charge of murder.

Residents who have title deeds on the municipality’s database and who are found to be occupying shacks could have their shacks destroyed.