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Conservationists at Vulpro, Africa’s only vulture-focused conservation organisation, are celebrating the sighting of over 80 wild Cape Vultures on a farm just 40 kilometres outside Mountain Zebra National Park, in Spitskop Cradock this week.

Komani police arrested a 48-year-old bus driver in the Komani CBD on Sunday, February 23, while en route to Zimbabwe. The driver was found in possession of 26 boxes of abalone valued at R2 million.

Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) has suspended refuse removal services for Frontier Hospital in Komani after the discovery of medical waste during the municipal refuse collection process. The Eastern Cape Department of Health is undertaking an investigation into the matter.

Information shared with the police led to the arrest of a suspected drug trafficker carrying Mandrax tablets worth R9 million in Komani on February 8.

Two suspected drug traffickers were nabbed with a consignment of mandrax tablets worth around R170 000 in Cookhouse on February 2.

The Department of Water and Sanitation urges dam owners across South Africa with unregistered dams to promptly register them to ensure compliance with dam safety laws.

Two people have died, and one sustained serious injuries in an accident involving two trucks on the N10 road just outside Cradock towards Middleburg on November 28.

Lukhanji FM station manager and sole director of Innova Motorworks (Pty) Ltd, Andrew Christopher Joe, was found guilty of fraud by the Komani Regional Court on November 14.