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A former Absa Bank customer services clerk has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for fraud amounting to more than R1.1 million.

A Uitenhage prosecutor has been given an eight-year jail sentence for corruption. The National Prosecuting Authority said 46-year-old Thozama Takane, was sentenced in the Port Elizabeth Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Wednesday.

Police are appealing to the public for information that could help in the investigation into the murder of 41-year-old Clifton Booysen, in Humansdorp on Tuesday night.

Grahamstown High Court judge, Motilal Rugunanan, has dismissed an application by Nelson Mandela Bay acting mayor Tshonono Buyeye, to prevent Bhisho from intervening in the Metro.

The Hawks in the Eastern Cape pounced on the offices of the Inxuba Yethemba local Municipality in Cradock on Tuesday to secure documents that are linked to tender fraud.

Police spokesperson, Captain Malcolm Pojie says Chanè Manuel’s half-naked body was discovered next to the railway line near Buco in George last week.

Transnet Port Terminals in Port Elizabeth has appealed to communities for help following a spate of violent attacks on its employees, including the wounding of one employee on Tuesday.

The Department of Water and Sanitation has announced that R50m had been allocated for drought intervention in Eastern Cape Municipalities. The announcement was made on Tuesday by acting director-general, Trevor Balzer.

Police activated a 72-hour activation plan and managed to arrest the suspect within 26 hours. The suspect, who can only be named once he has appeared in court, will be charged with murder.