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The Municipality says the impact of Covid19 has highlighted the dangers of illegal dump sites as breeding grounds for insects and vermin as well as possibly containing dangerous medical waste.

Five business robbery suspects are due to appear in the Gelvandale magistrates’ court on Monday for allegedly robbing a tavern in Arcadia in Bethelsdorp last week.

Eastern Cape Transport Department spokesperson Khuselwa Rantjie says three men and a woman died instantly when their vehicle overturned.

A 57-year-old man from Wilderness is expected to appear in the local Magistrates court tomorrow following his arrest for murder.

Eastern Cape police are mourning the loss of a Port Elizabeth policeman who was shot and killed in Bethelsdorp, Port Elizabeth on Saturday.

The Chris Hani District Municipality said it was saddened at the passing of Nyameka Goniwe, the wife of slain anti-apartheid activist, Matthew Goniwe.

Port Elizabeth police have arrested three suspects for allegedly beating a man to death in Walmer after accusing him of stealing clothes from a washing line.

The deputy minister of Correctional Services, Nkosi Phathekile Holomisa has condemned the senseless killing of a 38-year-old Eastern Cape prison official, allegedly by her husband.

Democratic Alliance Eastern Cape leader, Nqaba Bhanga, has the task of defining a new mandate for the party in the province. He was re-elected unopposed at the DA’s historic first virtual congress on Saturday as was provincial chairperson, Andrew Whitfield.