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Msindisi Fengu is a multi-awarding investigative journalist, who has worked for various daily and weekly publications: local, regional and national newspapers. He started his career as an unpaid intern in the marketing and communications unit at Walter Sisulu University before branching off to journalism. Fengu has two unrelated university qualifications - and certificates.

The Makhanda High Court

Farmer accused of trafficking and rape to know fate soon

Judgment in the trial of a Karoo farmer Louis Lategan, 42, who is accused of raping and trafficking six women after luring them in his farm for au-pair work will commence on Monday.

Advocate Dali Mpofu SC is representing the Biko family in their bid to interdict the inquest from proceeding pending the finalisation of an application to review and set aside retired judge Isaac Madondo’s refusal to postpone the hearing on August 26.
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Court halts Biko inquest after family’s urgent plea

The Gqeberha high court has granted an order interdicting the inquest into the death of political activist Steve Biko.

Former apartheid government legal representative Marius van Zyl, right, is with former police officer Jacobus Beneche as he testifies remotely in the Gqeberha high court on Tuesday
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Judge faces challenge as Biko inquest continues amid dispute

The Biko family sought to halt the inquest into Steve Biko's death, arguing for more time to translate documents and prepare, while testimony continued in a separate courtroom.

Steve Biko's son, Nkosinathi, was at the Gqeberha high court on Tuesday
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Funding approved for Biko family inquest legal team

The inquest into the 1977 death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko has been postponed after state funding was approved for his family's legal team, allowing them more time to prepare.

The Siyenza Toilet Scandal to restart.
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Ten accused in R600m Amathole toilet tender trial back in court

The state wants the Amathole District Municipality toilet tender case to go on trial within eight months.

A fraud case involving a senior Eastern Cape transport official has drawn in  a Nelson Mandela University professor
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Professor drawn into R2.4m fraud case over ‘inflated’ qualifications

Philisile Melane, a deputy director for labour relations in the provincial transport department, was arrested by the Hawks in June on charges of fraud, forgery, and uttering. He is due back in court on Friday.

The police have urged anyone with information on the murder of three people in Kariega on Saturday to come forward

Deadly shooting of cab driver triggers mayhem in Kariega

A cab driver was shot dead outside a suspected drug house in Kariega, which was later torched

A Gqeberha man is accused of raping two  children.
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Gqeberha father charged with rapes of two children

Father accused of raping his teenage stepdaughter and five-year-old son

Judgment is expected to be handed down in the Gqeberha regional court on June 30 in the criminal case against advocate Mava Malla.

Eastern Cape advocate Mava Malla faces judgment in fraud case

Fraud accused Eastern Cape advocate Mava Malla is expected to learn his fate on June 30 when judgment is set to be handed down.

Eastern Cape police are investigating a string of allegations against a senior police officer at the Algoa Police Station
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Internal inquiry launched on a senior EC cop over alleged sex tape

A video emerged allegedly showing the police office and a junior colleague engaging in sexual intercourse while in uniform

Robin Clarke, found guilty of the murder of 19-month-old Krisley Dirker in 2013, was jailed by the Gqeberha high court on Friday.

Stepdad sentenced to 20 years for Krisley Dirker’s murder

Krisley Dirker’s stepfather and mother were sentenced in Gqeberha high court on Friday

Bernadette Peterson wades through the muddy water after heavy rain in Missionvale, Gqeberha.
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Battered Eastern Cape braces for more relentless rain

Heavy rain, gale-force winds and floodwaters battered parts of the Eastern Cape on Tuesday night and Wednesday, forcing dozens of schools to close, flooding homes and roads, triggering evacuations and disrupting flights.

Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane speaks in Alexandria on Monday during a Freedom Day commemoration.

High-level meeting this week to address Makhanda water crisis, premier says

The ANC, DA and EFF held separate Freedom Day events on Monday, highlighting the challenges and achievements to date.

Fort Calata, second from the right, and  Matthew Goniwe,  right, two of the Cradock Four who were murdered by security police in 1985, are accompanied home by two activists after being released from detention in 1984
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Ex-Stratkom head defends ‘permanent removal’ term

At the Cradock Four Inquest, former Stratkom head Adamus Paulus Stemmet defended the use of the term 'permanent removal' in a controversial apartheid-era document, claiming it referred to relocating teachers rather than a call for violence.

Former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock on the stand in the Gqeberha high court on Monday

WATCH | Emotions run high as ‘Prime Evil’ faces scrutiny in court

More than 11 years after his last public appearance, Eugene de Kock — the apartheid-era Vlakplaas death squad commander infamously known as “Prime Evil” — appeared in the Gqeberha high court on Monday under heavy police guard.