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An elderly Port Elizabeth man has died in a fire which engulfed his home in the Rocklands area.The victim has been identified as 74-year-old Johan Potgieter.According to the police members of a private security company were patrolling the area early

A 35-year-old Storms River man, who evaded arrest for almost six months, was finally arrested by a dedicated SAPS tracing team with the assistance of the local community.Police spokesperson, Captain Gerda Swart, said that the suspect was arrested in

Eastern Cape police are investigating the murder of a 60-year-old woman who was shot dead in Ngamakhwe on Sunday evening.Police spokesperson, Captain Jackson Manatha, said that the two men arrived at her homestead and pretended that they wanted a

Police officers on patrol in Butterworth found a human foetus wrapped in a green towel along King Street at about 5 pm on Saturday afternoon, Eastern Cape police said.''The gender of the foetus could not be established, as it was taken to

Eastern Cape police have launched a manhunt for a suspect who shot and killed a 59-year-old Ward Councillor in the Rasmeni Administrative area near eNgcobo on Saturday.Spokesperson, Captain Namhla Mdleleni says it is alleged that the deceased was on

Uitenhage police are investigating a double murder, after two men were fatally wounded in Rosedale on Saturday night.Spokesperson, Capt Gerda Swart says it is alleged that the victims, aged 23 and 24, exited a house, when several gunshots were fired

Two people were killed in an accident between two vehicles just before midnight on Saturday on the R334 Rocklands Road near UitenhagePolice spokesperson, Captain Gerda Swart says it is alleged that the driver of a blue VW Polo, with four passengers

Ironman South Africa said it had concluded a memorandum of intent with Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality which will see the continuation of the Standard Bank IRONMAN African Championship in Port Elizabeth for a further three years.Keith Bowler

Five people have been killed in road accidents in the Western Cape over the weekend.Provincial Traffic Chief, Kenny Africa says in the first accident on Saturday, a 51-year-old truck driver was killed at Poort Hoogte in Knysna when he lost control