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Port Elizabeth police have arrested a 27-year-old man after the charred body of a woman was found in Gelvandale early on Sunday morning.

Intensive policing in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro has resulted in the arrest of several suspects during Christmas-season festivities the past three days, including a man and a woman on charges of murder

Police intensified the search on Saturday for the suspects involved in the clashes between men from two Eastern Cape villages which left eight people dead.

Eastern Cape police said seven people were killed in clashes between men from two villages in the Mount Ayliff area on Christmas Day.

A reward of R50 000 is being offered for information that could bring the perpetrators to book following the murder of a Johannesburg visitor in Kenton on Sea in the Eastern Cape.

Port Elizabeth police are searching for a taxi driver and his conductor after a terrified female passenger who they allegedly robbed, died after jumping out of the back window of the moving vehicle.

The Eastern Cape provincial government has welcomed the decision of the Gauteng division of the High Court of South Africa to dismiss the court application to declare the decision of the government to close beaches in the province unconstitutional.

Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism has launched an App to provide visitors with information on tourism options now that beaches have been closed for the Festive Season.

Police in Kenton-on-Sea in the Eastern Cape are appealing to the public for help after the body of a man was found in Middle Beach Road on Wednesday.