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Allegra Styles, 14, has been found safe and unharmed

Missing Gqeberha teen Allegra Styles found safe in North End

A Gqeberha teenager who had been missing for nearly a week has been found safe and unharmed. Police spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse Van Rensburg confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that Allegra Styles, 14, had been located. The man they had…

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Raw sewage flows on Stanford Road on Monday. Residents say the flooding has persisted for four months, forcing them to dig drainage furrows, move furniture and build makeshift barriers to keep the sewage out
SERVICE DELIVERY
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HELL IN HELENVALE: Sewage floods living rooms

Helenvale residents are digging trenches and fleeing sewage-flooded homes, disputing Nelson Mandela Bay municipality's claims that security threats are preventing critical repairs to collapsing infrastructure.

  • Geoff Hookins
In the dock in the Knysna Magistrate's Court on Monday were, from left, municipal manager Boy Manqoba Ngubo, acting chief financial officer Busisiwe Lubelwana and former mayor Thando Matika
CRIME AND JUSTICE
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Bail hearing in Knysna graft case told of cash in shopping bag

A security contractor allegedly handed a senior Knysna municipality official R130,000 in cash in a shopping bag, according to an affidavit presented during the bail hearing of three suspects on Monday.

  • Siphokazi Mnyobe
A model shows off a new look at the Luce della Moda 2026: ECLIPSE fashion show, staged at the Boardwalk ICC on Saturday
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Models, singers, aerial artists rev up runway at the Boardwalk

Designer Braemore Lundall-Sauls brought together more than 100 models, live music, aerial arts and fashion at Luce della Moda 2026: ECLIPSE at the Boardwalk ICC, celebrating local talent, creativity and self-expression.

  • Faith Mtwana
The notice displayed outside La Gardi shop in Parkside in 2023
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Bay businessman guilty of hate speech over sign targeting gay community

The Equality Court has ordered Gqeberha shop owner Dawood Lagardien to pay R200,000 in damages and issue a public apology for barring LGBTQIA+ individuals from his business and administering a harmful WhatsApp group.

  • Nomazima Nkosi