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Vuyolwethu Sangotsha is a senior production journalist and writer with more than a decade under his belt at the Daily Dispatch.

Thumeka Bikwana was found shot dead at her home.
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Police probe killing of EC councillor found shot in home

Police are investigating the murder of a Chris Hani District Municipality councillor, who was found shot dead at her home in Tshatshu, near Cacadu, on Tuesday morning.

SAFETY FIRST: Lifeguards closed Gonubie Beach on Sunday amid sewage spills.

Popular East London beach closed due to sewage spills ahead of New Year’s celebrations

Just hours before revellers usher in the New Year with a bang, East London’s Gonubie Beach has been temporarily closed after sewage spills sparked safety concerns.

LIFE CUT SHORT: Linomtha Skeyi was murdered in Makhanda.

‘A young life filled with so much promise’: EL school pays tribute to slain pupil Linomtha Skeyi

East London’s Cambridge High School has extended condolences to the family of its slain pupil Linomtha Skeyi, joining her former school Makhanda-based Victoria Girls’ High School.

LIFE CUT SHORT: Linomtha Skeyi was murdered in Makhanda.

Manhunt after 16-year-old girl stabbed to death in Makhanda

Police have launched a manhunt after the body of 16-year-old Linomtha Skeyi was found with multiple stab wounds in Makhanda on Christmas Day.

Springbok star Lusanda Dumke will be laid to rest on Sunday.

Special provincial funeral for Springbok star Lusanda Dumke

The late Springbok Women blindside flanker and former Border Ladies captain Lusanda Dumke will be honoured with a special provincial funeral category two, the Eastern Cape government said on Christmas Eve.

IN COURT: A 60-year-old woman has been charged with perjury after reporting a robbery at Hemingways Mall in East London.

East London woman, 60, in court over ‘false’ robbery case

A 60-year-old woman who claimed she was robbed of rent money, appeared in the East London Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on a charge of perjury after she opened a case of robbery at the Cambridge police station on Sunday.

SAFETY FIRST: Nahoon Beach has been temporarily closed, the Buffalo City Metro announced on Tuesday.

Nahoon Beach closed again due to ‘dangerous conditions’

East London’s Nahoon Beach was temporarily closed for swimming on Tuesday — for the second time in just more than a week.

FATAL INCIDENT: The provincial transport department has appealed to motorists to protect vulnerable road users, especially children.

Boy, 8, dies in East London hit-and-run accident

An eight-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Amalinda, East London, on Monday.

Six pupils were injured after a group fight broke out on a scholar transport bus.

Five injured in collision near Kaysers Beach

Five people were injured in a collision between a Toyota Avanza and a Toyota Quantum at the Kaysers Beach turn-off on the R72 outside East London on Monday afternoon.

The young suspect will appear in court in January.
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Rape suspect, 17, recaptured after escaping from EC juvenile centre

A 17-year-old rape suspect who escaped from a juvenile centre in the Eastern Cape will spend Christmas Day behind bars after police found him hiding in a ceiling.

The head of security at the Raymond Mhlaba municipality has opened a criminal case against security guards.
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Raymond Mhlaba municipality security boss opens case of intimidation against bus guards

The head of security at the Raymond Mhlaba municipality has opened a criminal case against security guards, believed to be contracted by long-haul bus company Intercape.

RECAPTURED: The young suspect will appear in court in January.

Rape suspect, 17, recaptured after escaping from EC juvenile centre

A 17-year-old rape suspect who escaped from a juvenile centre in the Eastern Cape will spend Christmas Day behind bars after police found him hiding in a ceiling.

ROAD TRAGEDY: An accident involving a bus and a sedan has left a mother and her two children dead.

Mother and two children killed in crash near Stutterheim

A mother and her two children were killed after a fully-loaded midi-bus and a sedan collided on the N6 just outside Stutterheim on Wednesday.

FIERY CRASH: Some of the deceased in the T30 road crash were burned beyond recognition.

Transport department urges road users to drive safely after fatal taxi crash

After Monday’s head-on collision which claimed the lives of six people and left 16 injured, the Eastern Cape transport department has urged motorists to drive responsibly during the busy festive season.

HORROR CRASH:  Some of the deceased in the T30 road crash were burnt beyond recognition.

BREAKING | Six killed, 16 injured in taxi crash in Eastern Cape

Six people were killed and 16 injured in a head-on collision between a taxi and a light motor vehicle on the T30 road in Ngqeleni on Monday, with the vehicles catching fire.