Lynn Williams

The Humansdorp community has called on the police to deploy members of the anti-gang unit in the town to fight crime.The clarion call comes in the wake of a violent spate of killings, which left six people dead and others injured.

The Board of the Nelson Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) have broken its silence on the controversy surrounding the withholding of grant funding from the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality over the appointment of Anele Qaba as their new CEO.

The Provincial police commissioner in the Eastern Cape has set up a multi-disciplinary task team to trace and arrest those responsible for a string of murders in Humandsorp.

Former under-21 Blue Bulls player Khwezi Mafu has been acquitted on charges of rape and robbery in the Gqeberha Magistrates on Wednesday.

The Gqeberha man accused of killing his ex-wife will have to wait longer for a bed to become available at the Fort England psychiatric hospital. Johnny Baartman has been referred for a psychiatric evaluation after he allegedly murdered his ex-wife, Desiree Baartman, at the couple's Bethelsdorp home in June.

National Treasury has withheld R591m in grant funding from the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality over the appointment of Anele Qaba as the new CEO of the Nelson Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA).

Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Gary van Niekerk hosted the South Korean Ambassador, Chull-Joo Park on a courtesy visit to Gqeberha on Thursday.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has appointed 14 new Metro Police officers to beef up their current workforce.

The Gqeberha woman who allegedly masterminded her ex-husband's murder was denied bail in the New Brighton Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. Ethel Noqekwa allegedly hired hitmen to murder the late Zwide doctor, Bantu Noqekwa.