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Eight suspects made a brief appearance in the Lusikisiki magistrates court on Wednesday on charges of kidnapping after allegedly holding a family of six captive.

The defence in the protracted rape and human trafficking trial of Nigerian Pastor Timothy Omotoso and his two co-accused has accused the former prosecution team of being unethical, dishonest, and corrupt.

The Hawks in the Eastern Cape say a ransom was demanded for the doctor who was abducted in KwaZakhele in Gqeberha on Monday.

The Eastern Cape police have lauded law enforcement officials from the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment for the sterling work that led to the recovery of abalone units valued over R 3.3 million.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has urged residents to be vigilant amid the discovery of the deadly borer beetle in the Bay, which destroys various types of trees.

Two employees of a courier company were hijacked and kidnapped in Sunridge Park Drive in Gqeberha on Monday. Police spokesperson Captain Andre Beetge says the driver and his assistant were doing deliveries with a Ford Transit vehicle when four armed men in a blue Polo forced them to stop.

A former VWSA fleet administrator who defrauded the company of R12 million will have to wait a while longer to learn his fate.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber's Eyes and Ears initiative has been launched as a crime-fighting initiative in the Metro.

Four people were killed and two others sustained serious injuries after a vehicle overturned on the N2 near Idutywa on Saturday afternoon.