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Two Nelson Mandela Bay Metro police officers were injured when their vehicle was stoned by a group of people looting a spaza shop in the city’s northern areas.

The Department of Correctional Services said that containment and treatment protocols have been activated after more inmates tested positive for covid19 at East London Correctional Centre.

A second person has died in Port Elizabeth's Livingstone Hospital as a result of COVID-19.

The Department of Correctional Services said three new cases of covid19 have been confirmed within the Department with the first reported case at St Albans prison outside Port Elizabeth.

Police used stun grenades to disperse a group of taxi operators who protested outside the Kwanobuhle Police Station in Uitenhage on Sunday.

The Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape said it laid criminal charges against the Speaker of the Inquza Hills Local Municipality for allegedly breaking lockdown regulations.

Uitenhage police have arrested seven suspects for allegedly breaking into a liquor store on Sunday.

Eastern Cape police have launched a manhunt for suspects who allegedly murdered two women at Peddie.

A 15-year-old Port Elizabeth youth was arrested on Saturday for being in possession of an unlicensed firearm and for breaking lockdown regulations.