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An attempted murder suspect was arrested in Port Elizabeth a short while ago, less than four hours after his details were broadcast on AlgoaFM News at 11 am on Tuesday morning. Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the 47-year-old Rhett Els was arrested outside a block of flats in Keurboom Crescent in Algoa Park.

Police in Port Elizabeth arrested seven students who were protesting at the Nelson Mandela Bay University on Tuesday. NMU spokesperson Zandile Mbabela says they were arrested for being in direct violation of a standing interdict, which was read out and enforced on Monday.

A suspected robber was shot in the neck in Port Elizabeth following a business robbery in the early hours of Monday morning. Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says police were alerted of a robbery in progress, shortly before 4 am at a shopping mall in Kabega Park.

A police inquiry has been opened for investigation after a man disappeared at Kariega Beach in Kenton on Sea on Sunday afternoon.

The student organisation DASO has taken responsibility for Monday morning's protest action at the Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth. Students blocked access to North and South campus shortly after 7 am.

Police have identified the man who was shot and killed at Willow Dam in Uitenhage on Sunday. Police spokesperson Captain Gerda Swart identified him as the 24-year-old Keanan Magnie.

A vagrant from Port Elizabeth was stabbed to death over a jacket on Monday morning. Colonel Priscilla Naidu says it is alleged that two vagrants were arguing in Marine Drive at about 4.30 am.

Port Elizabeth on Sunday recorded the hottest day in 55 years. A spokesperson for the South African Weather Service Garth Sampson says 40.2 degrees were recorded on Sunday.

EFF councillor in Nelson Mandela Bay, Zilindile Vena, has resigned from the party after being arrested on Monday on a charge of rape.