Local News
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Police deploy 131 new vehicles in festive season safety launch
The Eastern Cape’s top police brass orchestrated a dramatic display of readiness as they launched the Safer Festive Season operations.
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Community initiative tackles period poverty in schools
A community initiative spearheaded by the PE Hindu Seva Samaj is making waves in the fight against period poverty.
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Suspect (40) handed 15 years for aggravated robbery in Gqeberha
Jacob ‘Smallboy’ Ndaumba (40) was convicted and sentenced to 15 years’ direct imprisonment for robbery with aggravating circumstances and housebreaking with intent to rob yesterday.
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Cradock four inquest adjourned to 23 March 2026
GQEBERHA – The proceedings in the inquest into the 1985 deaths of the Cradock Four – anti-apartheid activists Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sicelo Mhlauli, and Sparrow Mkonto, continued before the…
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Drive-by shooting in Kariega under police investigation
SAPS Kariega opened an attempted murder case after four suspects shot a 49-year-old victim from a grey VW Polo in yesterday’s Durban Road drive-by shooting.
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Municipal phone lines restored after R9m debt debacle
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) has successfully restored its telephone services after weeks of disruption caused by a R9m debt.
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Road safety operation launched to curb pedestrian fatalities on R75
Dubbed one of the Eastern Cape’s most dangerous roads for pedestrians, the R75 between Gqeberha and Kariega will now face intensified road safety operations soon.
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How Luke Boswell’s love for science led to Eskom Expo ISF success
For Luke Boswell, a Grade 11 learner from Pearson High School in Gqeberha, science has never just been a subject, it’s a lifelong passion. From tinkering with ideas as a…
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Racing community mourns loss of multiple champion trainer
The horse racing fraternity is in mourning after the passing of multiple-time East Cape Champion trainer Gavin Smith (59) on Sunday.
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Qunu singer hopes to heal world through music
An Afro-soul singer, Yolanda Notes, from the Qunu Administrative Area in Mthatha, shared how her love for music began. She recalls standing in front of the mirror holding a deodorant…
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