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A Former Warrant Officer from SAPS appeared in the New Law Courts in Port Elizabeth this week for allegedly defrauding the South African Police Service. The 49-year-old Jimmy Desmond Marais, who was stationed at Mount Road SAPS is accused of submitting several false travelling claims in August in 2017 to an amount of about R18 000.

The Abathembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo has been arrested.

Eastern Cape police said two of the four awaiting trial prisoners who escaped from police custody at Whittlesea on Wednesday were back behind bars.

A Policeman from the Mount Road cluster in Port Elizabeth had to keep his cool following an encounter with an unusual "suspect" who was hiding inside his vehicle.

A petition by multiple political parties in the Nelson Mandela Bay to elect a new Executive Mayor, deputy mayor, speaker and chief whip has fallen through the mat. Thursday's special council meeting was brought to an abrupt end, just minutes in.

Eastern Cape Police are on the hunt for four dangerous suspects who escaped from lawful custody on Wednesday morning at Wittlesea, near Komani.

A Nursing student from University of Fort Hare accused of killing his girlfriend was denied bail in the Mdantsane Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

A School Principal from the Eastern Cape has been placed under immediate suspension following allegations of sexual assault.

A new parole hearing for convicted rapist Bob Hewitt has been set down for the 24th of March 2020. The 80-year-old disgraced tennis player was sentenced to an effective 6 years in prison for raping two of his underage students in the 80's.