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.

Sergeant Mphakameli Mazinywana was gunned down at home in June. Three men have been arrested and one more is on the run said the Hawks.

Here’s another big abalone bust in Mzansi. Police arrested a 52-year-old male who carried 2510 units in his Hilux construction bakkie.

Three boys were allegedly swimming in a shallow area of the Orange River when water came rushing downstream from higher ground.

Eastern Cape police said the 45-year-old Sylvia Wittal, mother of two is STILL missing after her car was found abandoned last week.

A true hero.
A rescue operation relating to this weekend’s Eastern Cape floods has led to the tragic death of a police diver.

Multiple people have been killed in flash floods in the Eastern Cape. Hundreds more have now been left homeless.

A suspect allegedly wounded an on-duty officer in November 2021. He was arrested on Friday and linked to a hijacking and robbery spree.