Lynn Williams

An Eastern Cape man who stole R14.4 million from a farming couple in Kirkwood is said to have been driven by a gambling addiction.

A God-fearing woman whose smile lit up the rooms she entered and a person who dearly loved her family. These were just some of the tributes shared during the funeral service of Cheryl Ann Kannemeyer on Friday.

While the traumatised family and friends of Cheryl Ann Kannemeyer are still battling to come to terms with her death, her husband appeared in the Gqeberha Magistrates Court on Tuesday in connection with her murder.

At least ten people, including two pedestrians, have lost their lives in five separate motor vehicle accidents in the Eastern Cape over the past twelve hours.

Members of the provincial Organised Crime Investigation are investigating a case of murder and attempted murder after a shooting incident at the entrance of the Livingstone Hospital in Gqeberha in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Gqeberha police discovered the body of Romario Jordan Williams at the Dam in Van der Kemp's Kloof on Saturday.

The National police commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, and his Eastern Cape counterpart, Lieutenant-General Nomthetheleli Mene, have been declared to be in contempt of court.

The Gqeberha woman who allegedly hatched an elaborate plan to kill her ex-husband has been granted bail of R5 000 on appeal.

A Sergeant attached to the Kamesh police station, who has been charged with murder, will spend Christmas behind bars.