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THREE SUSPECTS NABBED FOR DRUGS DURING OPERATION SHANELA.

Operation Shanela resulted into the arrest of three suspects who were found with drugs in Komani and Thornhill. The arrest was made by SAPS members attached to Chris Hani District Task Team on Friday, 12 January 2024. SAPS Captain…

Search for Simphiwe Nxazonke continues.

Nxazonke family is requesting for assistance in finding their son and brother, Simphiwe Nxazonke who is popularly known as “Rasta”. Rasta is reported to have left home in 1247 Bulawayo Street, Mlungisi Location in Komani in June. It is…

Gallery: Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) demolishes Silvertown shacks.

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Residents closing the road in Cathcart Street  Picture: UVIWE JARA

GALLERY I Komani Shutdown Continues

Residents listening attentively at Hexagon Picture: UVIWE JARA close group Residents closing the road in Cathcart Street Picture: UVIWE JARA A nap at Cathcart Road Picture: UVIWE JARA close group close row close group Komani Protest…

Simphiwe Matanzima of the Bulls scores in the Super Rugby match against Waratahs at Loftus Versfeld on May 4, 2019.Image: Lee Warren/Gallo Images

The new ‘Beast’: Matanzima’s path from Queen’s College to the Bulls

Promising Bulls loosehead prop Simphiwe Matanzima has shared his inspiring and eventful journey that took him from the Eastern Cape to Loftus to realise his dream of playing professional rugby. Matanzima, whose was disrupted by injury…

WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN: Police are searching for Sharlene Corbett and her six-year-old daughter who went missing from Komani (Queenstown) in November.Image: SUPPLIED

Police seek mom and daughter missing since November

Port Elizabeth detectives are appealing to the public for assistance in tracing a mother and her six-year-old daughter who went missing in November. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu said Sharlene Corbett, 24, and her daughter…

Nomasiyephi Booi walks 45 minutes carrying a 20 litre bucket to fetch water. Photo: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Threat of drought looms over Eastern Cape town

Komani (Queenstown) in the Eastern Cape might be out of water – if rain does not fall and the Xonxa water project is not finished very soon. According to Chris Hani District Municipality spokesperson Thobeka Mqamelo‚ Waterdown dam‚ the…