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Port Elizabeth musician Ian McLaggan will know his fate on Friday. That's when Grahamstown High Court judge Glen Goosen is expected to pass sentence, after he convicted Mclaggan last month of raping a teenage British tourist at Shamwari Game

The Kouga Municipality says the grievances submitted by residents during two recent marches ae being addressed by the municipality's new top management team as a matter of urgency. Executive mayor Booi Koerat says his Mayoral Committee and the

A robbery suspect is under police guard in a Port Elizabeth hospital after a mob broke both his legs following the robbery of a Somali owned spaza shop. Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Dumile Gwavu, says the shop owner was killed when a

Two suspects have appeared in court in connection with the murder of an elderly woman in Kei Mouth. Provincial police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Sibongile Soci, says 26-year-old Siyabonga Ntsabalala and 24-year-old Zukisani Tulani, appeared

The agreement between two Eastern Cape provincial departments that will pave the way for the redevelopment of the Bayworld Complex has still not been signed, it was revealed in the Bhisho Legislature on Wednesday. The complex currently falls

Most South Africans fear falling victim to housebreaking, a crime survey has revealed. Releasing the results of 2012 Victims of Crime Survey (VOCS) in Pretoria on Thursday, Statistics SA deputy director general Kefiloe Masiteng said about 59.3

 President Jacob Zuma says the mining unrest is not a symptom of the pressing inequalities brimming to the surface, nearly 20 years after the end of apartheid. He says the violence in which 45 people died, will be resolved through

 The Eastern Cape provincial veterinary service has started an intensive inoculation programme in parts of Port Elizabeth, following a confirmed case of rabies. A spokesperson for the service, Jane Pistorius, says a puppy has been diagnosed

 The wool market was slightly weaker at this week's sale as demand conditions remain tough. Cape Wools says its Merino indicator shed 0.8% compared with last week to close at R88.09 p/kg for clean wool. Spokesperson, Ona Viljoen, says