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Two Port Elizabeth brothers accused of killing a police officer and wounding another are expected back in court on Tuesday.

Eastern Cape communities have been warned not to start any fires this winter season as Working on Fire (WOF) is on high alert. WOF, who work under the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries said in July alone they suppressed 30 fires across the province.

Detectives from Algoa Park in Port Elizabeth are urgently trying to trace the next of kin of an unknown man who was shot and injured in Missionvale on Monday night.

Four suspects are due to appear in the Queenstown Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for the illegal transportation of liquor.

An Eastern Cape couple who defrauded the South African Social Security Agency of R1.2 million has been sentenced to 10 and 8 years of imprisonment respectively.

Three homes were completely destroyed after a fire broke out in Bushwillow Drive in Beacon Bay on Monday.

A 36-year- old businessman from the Eastern Cape is expected to appear in court on Monday for allegedly defrauding the Alfred Nzo Municipality out more than R87 million.

The National Prosecuting Authority said that Ayanda Matinise appeared at the King William's Town Magistrate's Court on Monday on charges of fraud, using a state vehicle without consent and violating lockdown regulations as he allegedly transported alcohol.

A Minibus taxi travelling from the Eastern Cape to Cape Town was pulled over for a random search during the early hours of Monday morning where drugs worth over a million rand were confiscated.