Lynn Williams

A Gqeberha woman who died after she was allegedly thrown from a fourth-floor balcony was still alive when her body hit the ground.

The trial of a Gqeberha man accused of throwing his girlfriend off a fourth-floor balcony got underway in the city's High Court on Tuesday.

A 30-year-old man from Gqeberha who has been charged in connection with the murder of his father has abandoned his bid for bail.

Warrant officer Leon Eksteen on Wednesday testified how police had intercepted two shipping containers and confiscated abalone which had been destined for the Asian markets.

The trial against three Chinese Nationals who have been charged in connection with the illegal exportation of about 40 tons of abalone valued at R100 million got underway in the Gqeberha High Court on Tuesday.

A Gqeberha man linked to the kidnapping of a Chinese businessman was denied bail in the city's Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

The bail application of a Gqeberha man who has been charged with the murder of his father was postponed in the city's Magistrates Court on Monday.

Residents of Nelson Mandela Bay are hacking away at the carcass of a Humpback whale that washed up at The Willows Gate 5 near Schoenmakerskop on Monday.

The body of an unknown man dressed in his diving suit washed up at Sardinia Bay beach in Gqeberha early on Wednesday morning.