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An Eastern Cape pilot has died after his two-seater aircraft crashed while he was crop-spraying orchards at Kirkwood. Police have identified the deceased as 50-year-old Andries Duffy.

The NSRI is urging caution around the coastline this weekend and into the latter half of next week as a Blue Moon Spring tide peaks on Saturday.

Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Liziwe Ntshinga, has ordered the 72 hour activation of all resources to catch those responsible for the rape and murder of a six year-old girl at Mdantsane, East London.

Four suspects, including a police officer, made a brief appearance in the Matatiele Magistrate’s Court on Friday on charges of fraud, theft and corruption.

Two people sustained minor injuries when a small plane made an emergency landing at Jeffreys Bay on Friday morning.

Two people were killed and a third was injured when two vehicles collided head-on … on the N2 between King William’s Town and Peddie this morning.

The Eastern Cape delegation to the National Council of Provinces says its been assured that there’s no longer the threat of day zero in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.

Spokesperson Craig Lambinon says they have spotted a shark swimming between surfers at the main beach in Cape St Francis.

Police in Port Elizabeth are investigating a case of house robbery after an elderly couple was tied up during a home invasion on Thursday.