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The trial of seven accused who face a string of charges relating to hit murders connected to life insurance payouts will be heard in the Gqeberha High Court next year.

Ibrahim Husseini, the spokesman for the Niger SEMA, told AFP the number of fatalities had risen to 59 on Monday from an initial toll of 52 when more victims were discovered in the wreckage and one of the injured died.

Kolisi said: "My family have missed South Africa and it is time to come home."

South African 2019 World Cup winner Sibusiso Nkosi has been banned for three years by World Rugby after testing positive for an anabolic steroid, his club Cheetahs said on Monday.

The Association for Alcohol Responsibility and Education will run community programs in four province, including the Eastern Cape, to raise awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

The two cousins accused of kidnapping a Gqeberha businessman made a brief appearance in the city's magistrates court on Monday.

Growth in business confidence in the building sector appears to be stymied by concerns about extortion as well as delays in municipal approvals.

A South African national and two Mozambican nationals have been arrested following the kidnapping of a Pakistani businessman and the murder of another Pakistani businessman. Police spokesperson Lt Col Amanda van Wyk said: “SAPS organised crime led by intelligence have been working on a kidnapping case emanating from a business robbery in Ennerdale on 27 August 2024 in which two business partners were attacked at their hardware store.”

Lieutenant Commander Gillian Elizabeth Hector of Gqeberha was one of three submariners who died in the Kommetjie submarine tragedy.