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DNA found at the crime scene of an horrific farm attack in the Hankey district of the Eastern Cape was positively matched with that of 32-year-old Sebenzile Simane who is accused of shooting and raping a 44-year-old woman in front of her three

Buffalo City residents can expect to pay 13% more for electricity every year for the next three years.That is according to Mayor Xola Pakati, who tabled the Metro's capital and operation budget in Council on Thursday, amounting to R7.12bn over

Police in Port Elizabeth are investigating three murders which appear to be well-planned hits.Police Spokesperson Captain Andre Beetge says the three victims were shot and killed in the New Brighton and Motherwell areas on Wednesday night.In the

Former Eastern Cape Premier, Phumulo Masualle, has been included in the new cabinet announced on Wednesday night by President Cyril Ramaphosa.Masualle has been appointed as the Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises, and will be working under

A mother who was attacked and raped in full view of her 12-year-old daughter at their farmhouse in Hankey in the Eastern Cape said she would never forget her alleged assailant’s face nor would she make a mistake in identifying the man who

A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to an effective 24 years in prison after he raped a paraplegic woman in her house in Bethelsdorp.Bongani Mdunyelwa was sentenced 28 years in the Port Elizabeth Magistrates court on Monday for rape and

The bail application of the 31-year-old Zimbabwean national charged with culpable homicide was on Wednesday postponed in the Port Elizabeth Magistrates court yet again.Kelvin Zirema, a qualified helicopter pilot, is also being charged with drunk

Police in Despatch have opened an inquest docket after five members of a single family died when their home burned down on Tuesday night.Spokesperson Captain Gerda Swart says the family lived in an informal home in a new area called Bayland, which

Detectives in Port Elizabeth are looking for four men who broke into a house in Kleinskool on Tuesday night.Spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the occupant and two friends heard voices outside their shack in Wimmer Street and the complainent