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The 32-year-old man accused of hacking six family members to death appeared in the Elliotdale Magistrates' Court on Monday. Zimbabwean national, Nowa Makula, was charged with six counts of murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder.

The Freedom Front Plus has called on the Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, to play open cards with the people of the Eastern Cape as well as the rest of the country about the possibility of a Level Three lockdown for the province.

The Eastern Cape Transport Department said 26 people lost their lives and many more sustained injuries in 17 road accidents reported over the Black Friday weekend across the Eastern Cape.

Port Elizabeth police are appealing to the public for help in tracking down the suspects who stabbed a man to death during a suspected robbery.

An Eastern Cape policeman is scheduled to make another appearance in the Mthatha High Court on Monday in connection with the June abduction and murder of his ex-wife.

Port Elizabeth police arrested a man they found hiding in the roof of business premises that he burgled on Sunday.

Members of the Anti-Gang Unit arrested a 22-year-old man in Port Elizabeth who was wanted for allegedly shooting a pregnant woman, killing her unborn baby.

The Eastern Cape Government met representatives of the South African alcohol industry this weekend where they agreed on measures to help stem the resurgence of Covid19 in the province, particularly in Nelson Mandela Bay and the Sarah Baartman District.

Members of the Anti-Gang Unit in Port Elizabeth have arrested two Tanzanian men and confiscated a large quantity of dagga at a house in Cotswold during an intelligence-driven operation.