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The humanitarian organisation, Gift of the Givers, will be visiting 18 of the 20 villages affected by an F3 tornado which ploughed its way through parts of the OR Tambo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday.

The Hawks arrested nine people in connection with a multi-million rand fraud case in Port Elizabeth on Friday. The accused include two former municipal officials, two influential community office bearers and five business people.

A 40-year-old man is expected to appear in the New Brighton Magistrates court in Port Elizabeth on Friday, where he will be charged for raping a teenager at knifepoint.

The former mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, Mongameli Bobani, will be laid to rest on Friday morning.

The Grahamstown High Court has sentenced a 53-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping his stepdaughter for ten years, while fully aware that he was HIV positive.

Woodridge College near Van Stadens west of Port Elizabeth has announced the end of the school year immediately in terms of being on campus.

Residents within the OR Tambo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape are now faced with the task of rebuilding after a violent storm wreaked havoc in various communities in the region, destroying hundreds of homes on Tuesday night.

The Eastern Cape Government has condemned the actions of a group of health workers who protested at Livingstone Hospital during Tuesday's visit by the Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize.

Police in Port Elizabeth are urging residents to be vigilant and circumspect about their immediate surroundings.