Lynn Williams

The Hawks in the Eastern Cape have confirmed that Nelson Mandela Bay Deputy Mayor Gary van Niekerk has been summoned to appear before the city's specialised commercial crimes court next month.

The prison doors have slammed shut behind Gqeberha accountant Liezel Badenhorst who stole almost R18m from her previous employer to feed her severe gambling addiction.

A Gqeberha woman and the alleged hitmen who have been charged with the murder of her ex-husband made a brief appearance in the city's high court on Monday.

A Gqeberha accountant and her former employer from whom she stole R18m were both in tears in the specialised commercial crimes court on Monday, when pre-sentencing procedures got underway.

The three men accused of robbing Fischer's Jewellers in Gqeberha made a brief appearance in the city's magistrate's court on Friday where their formal bail applications were postponed.

The kidnapping trial of a Gqeberha biokineticist that got underway in the city's regional court on Monday, has been postponed to next year.

The financial woes of Riana Pretorius' ex-boyfriend, her recollection of events on the day she was kidnapped, and why she had become the target of a kidnapping came under scrutiny in the Gqeberha regional court on Tuesday.

Pretorius burst into tears as she described hearing her Dad's voice on the phone, while running to safety in a dazed and bewildered state after a R1m ransom had been secured.

The alleged orchestrator of the mass murders of 18 people in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, is already behind bars serving a life sentence.