Doreen Loubser

Two female students from EastCape Midlands Colleges' High Street Campus in Kariega remain missing since flash floods and torrential rain hammered the region since Saturday last week. The Level 2 students, aged 21 and 22, studying Marketing and Tourism were last seen with a friend when their vehicle allegedly got swept away near the Swartkops River.

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the EFF have rejected the idea of a Government of National Unity (GNU) suggested by the ANC. With less than 10 days to go for parties to form a coalition government, it seems that three options have been put on the table.

The men accused of plotting to kill Gqeberha mother Vicki Terblanche made a brief appearance in the city's High Court on Friday. Vicki's estranged husband Arnold Terblanche and her boyfriend at the time of her murder, Reinhardt Leach sat next to each other in the dock where the case was yet again postponed.

The man accused of killing Gqeberha mother Vicki Terblanche has brought an application to apply for bail. Reinhardt Leach and his co-accused Arnold Terblanche made a brief appearance in the city's High Court on Friday.

A Gqeberha couple accused of murdering the woman's toddler more than a decade ago made another brief appearance in the city's High Court on Friday.

Bateman says the evidence suggests collusion between witnesses and the SAPS; a failure to obtain statements from important witnesses and possible suspects; a failure to obtain valuable records and data; and poor cooperation between the SAPS and prosecutors.

The state provided a list of 10 people who could potentially face serious charges including murder, accessory to murder, conspiracy to commit murder and defeating the ends of justice. Seven of the 10 could all face a charge of defeating the course of justice, including Terblanche's daughter, Natalie, his former fiancé Krystall Wiggil and her twin sister Charissa Roets.

Chief Director for Western Cape Provincial Disaster Services Colin Deiner said when they sent the dogs to the point where he was communicating from, he told them in which flat he was doing an inspection on and his location could be pinpointed by looking at the building maps and the way it collapsed.

A big point of contention was the fact that several state witnesses now wanted legal representation as their testimony could incriminate them. Stander said at least eight people are either 204 witnesses or potential 204 witnesses who had the right to legal representation. He asked Judge Pakati to put it on record as the witnesses could not just show up at legal aid to ask for assistance.