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An estimated 3,000 hectares of land went up in flames in the Addo Elephant National Park in the Eastern Cape.

The Public Servants Association says it is extremely concerned about the lack of medical supplies at Livingstone Hospital in Gqeberha.

The man arrested for allegedly kidnapping a Bay doctor from his surgery earlier this month appeared in the KwaZakhele Magistrates Court on Monday where the charges against him were provisionally withdrawn.

The five men accused of shooting and wounding Kouga Municipality ward councillor Jacques Alexander will have to wait a while longer to hear whether they will be granted bail.

Nearly four years after a Gqeberha father was gunned down in his home in Rowallan Park under mysterious circumstances, police have now linked one of his sons to the crime.

Gqeberha firearms dealer Karen Webb will likely remain behind bars pending the finalisation of her trial.

A man who has been linked with the April kidnapping of a Gqeberha businessman was out on parole for murder when he allegedly committed the offence.

The Hawks in the Eastern Cape have arrested one suspect they say is linked to the kidnapping of Dr Bongani Qini from Gqeberha. Spokesperson for the Hawks Warrant Officer Ndiphiwe Mhlakuvana says 55-year-old Qini was released safely at midnight on Friday after he was abducted by four men at gunpoint from his surgery in Kwazakhele on Monday afternoon.

The Gqeberha doctor who was allegedly kidnapped from his surgery in Kwazakhele on Monday afternoon, has been rescued safely.