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Vukile Matebe was killed in KwaDwesi on  August 31 after an altercation at a local tavern

Three women to apply for bail after fatal shooting of man in Gqeberha

Three women arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 49-year-old man following a tavern dispute in Nelson Mandela Bay are scheduled to appear in court for a formal bail application on Friday. Vukile Matebe was killed in…

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Details of dramatic abductions laid bare

Evidence in the Gqeberha regional court has linked a Hawks cybercrime investigator to a violent kidnapping syndicate that demanded millions in ransom from Nelson Mandela Bay families.

Warrant Officer Xolani Busakwe, 47, appeared in the Gqeberha regional court on Wednesday as his formal bail application kicked off
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BAIL BID: Cybercop faces string of charges

A Hawks cybercrime investigator, alleged to have been linked to a web of kidnappings, extortion and organised crime alongside the men accused of assassinating Gqeberha prosecutor Tracy Brown, is now fighting for bail.

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
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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.

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.

Sentencing of  convicted sex offender Louis Lategan was postponed on Monday due to  his new legal counsel being unavailable

Sentencing of Karoo rapist Louis Lategan delayed

Sentencing proceedings for convicted sex offender Louis Lategan were delayed on Monday due to his new legal counsel being unavailable.

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Slain Collegiate pupil’s stepdad also gunned down — over a year later

More than a year after 19-year-old Collegiate Girls’ High School pupil Hailie-Jade Coboza and her mother, Lusanda Thunywashe, 40, were gunned down in an attack at their Walmer Location home, Coboza's stepfather has also been shot dead.

Andile Lungisa
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Fresh twists in Lungisa saga

The ANC has been ordered to reinstate Andile Lungisa on its Nelson Mandela Bay proportional representation candidate list after the Johannesburg High Court ruled that his removal was unlawful.

In the dock in the Knysna magistrate's court on Monday are, from left,  municipal manager Manqoba Ngubo, CFO Busisiwe Lubelwana and former  mayor Thando Matika. Picture: SIPHOKAZI MNYOBE
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Former Knysna mayor, senior officials to remain behind bars

Former Knysna mayor Thando Matika and two senior municipal officials will remain in custody pending a bail hearing after being charged with corruption, money laundering, and extortion over alleged tender kickbacks.