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The Queenstown magistrate’s court heard today that the third youth in the August 14 brutal beating, allegedly inflicted by four Pakistani nationals and took the lives of his two friends, has also died. This was revealed by attorney…
The four Pakistani nationals charged with the brutal murders of two Komani street dwellers are in South Africa illegally as their asylum seeker permits had expired or did not exist at all, the Queenstown magistrate’s court heard earlier…
After reportedly going months without electricity, fed-up residents of Unathi Mkefa in Ezibeleni vented their fury by blockading the entrance to the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality’s (EMLM) technical services department with burning…
Four Pakistani nationals accused of beating to death two street dwellers in Komani and ditching their bodies in shallow graves near a farm about 10km away, appeared in court under close police watch earlier today. Farman Mohammed, Rashid…
Four men who allegedly beat two suspected thieves to death in Komani and dumped their bodies in shallow graves near Roydon Farm this past weekend, are set to appear in the Queenstown magistrate’s court tomorrow on murder charges. On…
Confusing amounts and a tender process that lacked transparency were some of the reasons the high court in Makhanda granted an interdict to stop the Fikile Gwadana Drive road rehabilitation project in Ezibeleni, pending a review…
A talented Komani chorister who excelled at a provincial schools choir competition and is set to represent the Eastern Cape at the national championships next week, desperately needs help. Asiphe Beyi, a grade 11 pupil at Nkwanca Public…
South Africans no longer have to wear face masks. Earlier today, health minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, announced the lifting of the mandatory use of masks and the removal of restrictions on gatherings. The news comes as the country experiences…
The Democratic Alliance says it has asked the United States’ federal bureau of investigations (FBI) to investigate allegations of possible money laundering by president Cyril Ramaphosa in connection with the Phala Phala game farm saga.…
Two taxis, one of them transporting church members from a funeral in Mlungisi, collided in Dahlia Street earlier today. The five church women from Ezibeleni were lucky to escape with minor knocks. “We were going down [Dahlia] street when…
Police are investigating the robbery at the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality’s (EMLM) budget and treasury department offices, they confirmed in a statement issued by the provincial police commissioner’s office a short while ago. “It is…
The Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) has opened a case of armed robbery after robbers pounced on the budget and treasury and traffic department offices in Komani this morning. In a statement released a short while ago, EMLM…
Fearing for their lives, scores of Ethiopian nationals protested outside the Queenstown magistrate’s court earlier today as three men – two Ethiopians and a South African – appeared on business robbery charges. The business owners wanted…
In a combined effort to curb contact crimes in the Ezibeleni area, the police, the CPF and members of the public recovered 136 dangerous weapons and a TV set last weekend. “The focus of the operation was to decrease contact-related…
Angry residents from S, R and T sections and Unifound protested inside the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality’s (EMLM) technical services department this morning but denied chasing employees away. “We are not here for the workers, the…
