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Protesters torched two trucks during a service delivery protest on the N-2 in the vicinity of Markman Industrial Area near Motherwell in Port Elizabeth on Thursday night.

A couple from Knysna who tested positive for coronavirus and now under self-isolation for 21 days has spoken about the difficulty in facing up to the deadly virus. Peter and Candice Myers had recently returned from a trip to Switzerland.

An Eastern Cape man who allegedly helped his friends to escape from police custody earlier this month has been arrested. The four suspects escaped on their way back from the Whittlesea police station.

Port Elizabeth police and municipal officials have arrested three suspects for the theft of steel rods from electricity pylons in the Metro.

A 33-year-old woman from Kamesh in Uitenhage is expected to appear in court soon following her arrest for murder. Spokesperson Sergeant Majola Nkohli says police attended to a complaint on Tuesday afternoon about a woman attempting to commit suicide.

A high-speed chase and shootout between police and suspects ended with one suspect dead and another arrested in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday.

Police in Port Elizabeth are looking for a man who allegedly raped a teenager in Kabega Park in January this year. Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the 16-year-old was heading towards Humansdorp and a person who gave her a lift dropped her off on the N2/Kragga Kamma split.

Police in Port Elizabeth were called out to the N2 near the old traffic department in Sidwell on Tuesday after security officers noticed an injured man walking in the road with his hands tied behind his back.

The directors and management of the SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees have after careful consideration decided not to stage the 2020 event in June due to global CORONA-19 outbreak. Festival director Jenni Honsbein says the festival will now take place between the 25th-27th of June 2021.