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Two men aged 27 and 32 will appear in the Barkley East magistrates court on Thursday on charges of attempted murder, possession of a dangerous weapon and ammunition.

A Kariega Magistrate has ruled that the voice notes a murdered Kariega farmer sent to his sister mere months before his death, can be admitted into evidence against his wife, who is the accused.

A Malawian National appeared in the Gelvandale Magistrates Court on Wednesday on a charge of the unlawful possession of a firearm, which could possibly be linked to the stolen cache of gunshop owner, Karen Webb.

In Bucwa Street, where storms damaged the water main, children and their parents were drawing water from leaking broken pipes. Technicians were digging trenches next to desperate residents, using bulldozers.

The Cango Wildlife Ranch in Oudtshoorn has been hard at work cleaning its facility after suffering significant damage in the recent floods. On the 4th of June the Grobbelaars River, which runs alongside the facility, broke its banks leaving staff with little time to evacuate all animals.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate said two Gqeberha police officers appeared in court on Tuesday on allegations of murder.

The kidnapping trial of Gqeberha biokineticist Riana Pretorius was postponed in the city's Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

Police in KwaMaqoma (formerly Fort Beaufort) have arrested a second man in connection with the murder of 24-year-old Zintle Takane. Takane was last seen in the company of her boyfriend on the 31st of May at Mike Valley, days before her body was discovered in a shallow grave.

Eastern Cape police have arrested a 49-year-old man for the alleged murder of his three-year-old niece in Bedford last week.