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A 20-year-old gang member was sentenced in the Port Elizabeth Regional Court to 19 years imprisonment of which he will effectively serve 12 years behind bars.Police said that Elvis Cedras was sentenced on Wednesday for a shooting incident in March

A Humansdorp man who has been on the run after escaping from police custody on Monday is back behind bars.Eastern Cape police said that 20-year-old Fernando Swarts was re-arrested by members of a task team established to track him down.Police

Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor, Mongameli Bobani, has refused to sign a letter containing directives describing the extent of his Council's failure to fulfil its obligations in terms of the Constitution.Now, the Eastern Cape Executive

A search is underway for a suspect who escaped from police custody in Humansdorp on Tuesday.Provincial police spokesperson, Colonel Sibongile Soci, said that 20-year-old Fernando Swarts was arrested on Monday on a charge of business robbery.She said

Port Elizabeth police have closed a scrapyard after finding 19 batteries from a cellphone tower on the premises.Police spokesperson, Captain Johan Rheeder, said that three people were arrested during a raid on the premises in North End on Tuesday

The Northern Areas of the Nelson Mandela Metro have one of the highest rates of foetal alcohol syndrome in South Africa.This was heard on during the opening of the third baby safe in the Metro.The baby-safe is located at the Missionvale Care Centre

Police in Mossel Bay have made their first arrest in connection with the alleged rape of a grade 11 girl which took place at a party over the weekend.The incident was also filmed on a cellphone camera and the footage shared with several children

A Facebook administrator who landed in hot water for a controversial Facebook Page where a grieving father was defamed has stepped up and apologised.The page "Murder she wrote investigations and discussions" where the death of Heidi

A young Port Elizabeth man is one of two people who were reported missing in the ocean at Strandfontein in Cape Town.NSRI spokesperson, Craig Lambinon, said their Strandfontein duty crew was activated on Monday morning following reports of two