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A Gqeberha man linked to the kidnapping of a Chinese businessman was denied bail in the city's Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Captain Janse van Rensburg says numerous search parties were formed, and mass searches conducted with the assistance of SAPS, community members, media houses, and even private security companies who offered their drones to scan the surrounding areas. She says they are again appealing to anyone who can shed light into his mysterious disappearance to contact the Investigating Officer (IO) Mluleki Mhlangani on 079 896 7509.

Police in the Garden Route are investigating a mysterious fire that broke out at the Tree Top Chalet in Knysna Section of the Garden Route National Park (GRNP) last week.

The Pinnacle Point Site Complex in Mossel Bay is one of three sites that are lining up for World Heritage status this week. This will happen at the 46th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage convention when the Committee will deliberate on whether Pinnacle Point will achieve World Heritage status.

The bail application of a Gqeberha man who has been charged with the murder of his father was postponed in the city's Magistrates Court on Monday.

A prominent medical doctor from Kwadwesi in Gqeberha was killed on Sunday in a head-on collision on the R75.

Gqeberha police have made a breakthrough in the murder investigation of 27-year-old Marlene Prinsloo who was fatally wounded a month ago. Spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says New Brighton SAPS arrested a 34-year-old man at his house in Joe Slovo on Friday.

Police in Gqeberha opened an inquest docket following a fire at a block of flats which claimed the life of an elderly lady on Friday.

Western Cape police arrested two men, including a Russian national, after cocaine valued at R252 million was seized during an operation on Friday.