Shadley Nash

The South African Navy is in Gqeberha this week as part of country-wide recruitment for divers. The initiative began in Gauteng in April and is nearing its end, with the Eastern Cape and Western Cape as the last two provinces on the itinerary.

The Hawks in the Eastern Cape have confirmed that a kidnapping suspect was killed in a shootout with police near the Nahoon Dam outside East London on Tuesday.

Members of a Parliamentary Committee lashed out at private security firm, G4S, after the company requested to be officially summoned to appear before the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Corrections to account for the dramatic escape of so-called Facebook rapist, Thabo Bester. Committee Chairperson, Gratitude Magwanishe, told MPs on Tuesday that G4S had sent a letter on Monday afternoon asking to be officially summoned to appear before the Committee and to do so after the Easter weekend.

A 46-year-old man appeared in the Commercial Crimes Court in Gqebhera on Friday for allegedly stealing more than R14 million rand from his employer, the Strathmore Farm Trust.

A 40-year-old Eastern Cape farmer is expected to apply for bail on Thursday after being arrested for the alleged rape of his seven-year-old daughter.

Gqeberha murder-accused Arnold Terblanche has been granted bail of R1 million in the Makhanda High Court.

British American Tobacco South Africa has confirmed that 200 jobs are on the line as further losses in cigarette volumes were reported.

A 19-year-old Kariega man is behind bars after a stolen police firearm was found in a raid on his Kwanobhule home on Tuesday. Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, says the arrest was made by members of the District Crime Combatting Unit who were acting on a tip-off.

Eastern Cape police are hunting for the gang who attacked and blew up a cash-in-transit vehicle on the R411 between Mqanduli and Viedgiesville on Monday. Provincial police spokesperson, Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana, said the G4 security vehicle was travelling from Elliotdale after a collection when it came under fire from gunmen in two double-cab bakkies.