Lynn Williams

A trial date has been set in the kidnapping case of Gqeberha biokineticist Riana Pretorius.

Despite a massive ransom demand and Hawks detectives working around the clock, there is still no trace of Gqeberha businessman Neal Ah-Tow.

The family of 8-year-old Recolin Witbooi, whose death remains a mystery was offered a glimmer of hope when Patriotic Alliance Leader Gayton McKenzie vowed to make sure that the matter is revisited.

Police are still searching for the suspects who gunned down an Eastern Cape prosecutor near Butterworth last week.

The sons of Jeffreys Bay councillor, Jaques Alexander, were shot and wounded outside a tavern in Pellsrus in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Firefighting teams are working hard to contain mountain fires that broke out in Haarlem, on the eastern outskirts of the George Municipal precinct on Friday.

An 18-year-old man who allegedly committed a murder and then returned to the scene of the crime was arrested in Schauderville while police were combing the area.

The wife of a prominent businessman in Kariega, who was kidnapped at her home on Wednesday, has been returned after her family paid a ransom demand of R2 million.

Police in the Eastern Cape have launched a manhunt for the suspects linked to the murder of an East London prosecutor.