Lynn Williams

A Gqeberha Magistrate who sentenced an accountant to 22 years behind bars for stealing R52 million from two Spar franchises, on Friday dismissed his leave to appeal against his sentence.

The damage caused to a car carrier that berthed in Gqeberha this week due to severe weather conditions is said to run into millions of rands.

The suspect who allegedly shot the sons of a Kouga councillor made a brief appearance in the Humansdorp Magistrates Court on Thursday.

A man who has been linked with the April kidnapping of a Gqeberha businessman appeared briefly in the city's Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

The Gqeberha firearms dealer who faces a litany of charges relating to the Firearms Control Act, is allegedly being threatened in her cell at the North End prison.

A Kariega Magistrate has ruled that the voice notes a murdered Kariega farmer sent to his sister mere months before his death, can be admitted into evidence against his wife, who is the accused.

A Malawian National appeared in the Gelvandale Magistrates Court on Wednesday on a charge of the unlawful possession of a firearm, which could possibly be linked to the stolen cache of gunshop owner, Karen Webb.

The kidnapping trial of Gqeberha biokineticist Riana Pretorius was postponed in the city's Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

The Hawks have arrested another suspect in connection with the April kidnapping of a Gqeberha businessman from his business premises in North End.