Lynn Williams

The eight suspects arrested in connection with a cache of illegal firearms appeared in the Gelvandale Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

The Gqeberha businessman who was kidnapped in front of his hardware store in Motherwell is back home after his family paid a R1m ransom for his release.

Eastern Cape police arrested eight suspects and recovered seven firearms during an intelligence-driven operation in Polar Park in Gqeberha on Monday.

Two men from Gqeberha who are alleged to have murdered a known gangster are expected to apply for bail in the city's magistrates court on Wednesday.

The trial of a former Gqeberha attorney who allegedly stole from his clients will start in the city's Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Friday.

The R24 million fraud trial against Nelson Mandela Bay's City Manager, Noxolo Nqwazi, and her co-accused were on the court roll of the Gqeberha Commercial Crimes Court again on Thursday.

One of the Gqeberha businessmen who was abducted on Tuesday was found alive on Wednesday afternoon, while another is still missing.

A R1 million ransom was demanded for the safe return of a Gqeberha businessman, who was kidnapped in Motherwell on Tuesday.

A Gqeberha couple accused of murdering the woman's toddler more than a decade ago appeared briefly in the city's High Court on Wednesday.