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The High Court has lifted a procedural bar preventing the police minister and NDPP from defending a R1.3m unlawful arrest lawsuit, accepting IT issues as a valid reason for delayed filing.
Two parolees convicted over a brazen Dutywa bank robbery and the death of an accomplice during a subsequent shootout with police have been sentenced to an effective 25 years in prison. Dumisani Duma and Makabongwe Mthongana were each…
Thabile Bhino Nyakiso, a serial rapist described as “inhumane and cruel” who targeted and raped eight women, including two teenage girls, has been sentenced to eight life terms. Nyakiso, 32, was also sentenced in the Mthatha High Court on…
Eastern Cape premier and ANC provincial chairperson Oscar Mabuyane is taking his defamation battle against EFF leader Julius Malema to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA). The high court in KuGompo City on Thursday granted Mabuyane leave to…
A group of ANC members known as the 'tsunami' won a court order requiring the ANC and its secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, to provide electronic membership system results for 2025 and 2026 in the Eastern Cape.
An Mthatha businessman facing charges of being in possession of a firearm and ammunition without a valid permit has argued that his arrest was unlawful
The King Sabata Dalindyebo local municipality’s electricity infrastructure crisis could soon come under the scrutiny of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) after UDM president Bantu Holomisa raised the alarm
Mthatha businessman Tyelovuyo Buhlungu, head of Tyeks Security Services, is seeking bail after police seized 140 firearms from his company and found another 135 missing during a compliance check.
Five accused men are expected to appear in the Dutywa magistrate’s court on Wednesday facing charges related to the torching of an AB350 bus.
EFF leader Julius Malema has been granted leave to appeal his firearm-related convictions by the Makhanda High Court after being previously denied by a regional court.
EFF leader Julius Malema is targeting ANC-controlled Eastern Cape municipalities, especially Port St Johns and Ingquza Hill, where the ANC may be excluded from the upcoming local elections due to missed candidate registration deadlines.
The mother of slain Walter Sisulu University student Sisonke Mbolekwa continues to struggle with grief as the murder trial for her son's death faces repeated postponements, prolonging her family's pain and uncertainty.
EFF leader Julius Malema, speaking at the party's provincial manifesto launch in Mthatha, criticized the ANC for poor service delivery, poverty, and neglect in the Eastern Cape, urging voters to reject the ruling party in upcoming local…
AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo has decided not to participate in any political events or campaigns until November, distancing himself from the party-political roles he played in the 2021 elections.
Eastern Cape police have launched a manhunt after two officers, aged 51 and 31, were shot dead while responding to a robbery in Libode near Mthatha.
