Police said the three-year-old girl was electrocuted while she and her sister were playing in the neighbours yard on Wednesday afternoon.

The SAPS are holding three individuals in custody after a search of their vehicle resulting in a surprising find – firearms and explosives.

Police say the woman had previously threatened to set fire to her boyfriend’s shack in Missionvale, Gqeberha, during a spat

A passerby discovered the hacked body of a 31-year-old woman. The police found her husband hanging at their home soon after.

13-year-old twins Inathi and Ikhona Ngangelizwe drowned in a quarry and their parents are demanding a settlement from the government.

Four men have been sentenced to over 10 years for robbing a truck and kidnapping its driver and assistants in the Eastern Cape back in 2015.

The 50-year-old former manager was arrested and charged with numerous counts of fraud between February and September.

Metro Police officials patrolling in the area, spotted the vehicle, and when they stopped it, the suspects alighted and started running.

“Within 3 hours after committing the first robbery, the greedy suspects struck again, this time robbing a garage in Durban Street in Kariega.”

A correctional services officer, 47, was tracked down after a dead body with ‘visible injuries’ was found in his quarters at the facility.

Police are investigating the shack fire that claimed the life of a three-year-old boy in Gqeberha. His mother and sisters were injured.

The two perpetrators aged 27 and 31 were both sentenced to life in prison for their crimes against women in 2020.

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) said another bout of thunderstorms is expected to hit the Eastern Cape from Tuesday onwards.

Xolani Masebeni allegedly stole R103 million from Absa and transferred the money into various accounts including that of his wife.

A 21-year-old victim was shot while sitting and talking outside a Gqeberha mall on Wednesday, 23 February.

A group of six boys allegedly attempted to swim across the Swartkops River. Two of them got tired at the midway point and disappeared beneath the water.

Karma? The son allegedly bludgeoned his 72-year-old mother to death with a HAMMER hours before he was killed in a pedestrian accident.

Despite a 9% decrease recorded for sexual offences, Umlazi, Inanda and Lusikisiki police stations lead with high rape cases.

The NPA said the State wants the accused to be referred for mental assessment because of his ‘strange’ behaviour.

Police are investigating a case of arson after a fire after the Bowker Business Park in Komani, Eastern Cape was engulfed in flames.

A bakkie driver allegedly tried to run police vehicles off the road on Wednesday. He stopped after warning shots were fired.

Police said the toddler was rushed to hospital after she allegedly was raped by her 27-year-old father, but she did not survive.

A 60-year-old taxi driver was killed in a drive-by shooting on the R72 near Chalumna in the Eastern Cape on Thursday morning.

Eastern Cape police said there is still no sign of 45-year-old Sylvia Wittal, mother of two, who was reported missing a month ago.

The police said an unknown suspect wreaked havoc in an Eastern Cape tavern on Friday. Two victims were killed and two more assaulted.