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CGE describes treatment of Amathole Municipality councillor as inhumane
The Commission for Gender Equality on Wednesday described the treatment of Amathole District Municipality’s councillor Nanziwe Rulashe as inhumane. Rulashe…
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Update: Amathole Municipality wants action taken against those who manhandled councillor
The Amathole District Municipality wants action taken against those who manhandled a councillor. Monday’s assault was caught on video. Councillor…
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VIDEO showing ANC councillor being dragged out of her office goes viral
Police are investigating after an African National Congress (ANC) councillor was manhandled by security guards at municipal offices in East…
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RIP: Tributes pour in for EC SAPS diver who drowned during a rescue
Condolences have been streaming in for East London SAPS Search and Rescue Captain Pierre Marx who drowned on Saturday while…
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NGO helps EC residents stranded by floods
Gift of the Givers is helping East London residents with warm meals and sleeping bags after their homes were swept…
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Search continues for missing man swept away by waves
A National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) crew is continuing with their search for man who went missing at Christmas Rock…
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EC man convicted for murdering his estranged wife
A 31-year-old man from East London has been found guilty of the murder of his estranged wife in the Eastern…
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Gift of the Givers supplying food to some Eastern Cape hospitals
The Gift of the Givers has officially opened a food distribution warehouse in East London. The humanitarian organization says it…
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Mom & son stabbed to death in Mpumalanga
A mother and her son were found stabbed to death at their home outside Bombela, formerly Nelspruit, on Saturday, Mpumalanga…
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Nosicelo Mtebeni murder: Men urged to speak openly against GBV as Alutha Pasile gets 25 years in jail
The government has welcomed the sentencing of Alutha Pasile, for the August murder and dismembering of University of Fort Hare…
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Eastern Cape villagers tired of sharing dirty river water with cattle and pigs
Two people were arrested and one was wounded and hospitalized on Friday, when police dispersed a group of protesters from…
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EC attorney convicted for raping his wife
An Eastern Cape attorney has been convicted on charges of rape and assault in the Makhanda High Court. Sentencing proceedings…
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Nosicelo Mtebeni murder suspect due back in court
An East London man accused of chopping he’s lover’s body will appear in court next week. Alutha Pasile appeared in…
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Wife of murdered East London cop added to list of suspects
The wife of a police officer who was killed at his home in East London, in the Eastern Cape, has…
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Five men accused of murdering Eastern Cape officer Kolile Kulu arrested
Five people implicated in the murder of a police officer have been arrested in the Eastern Cape. The breakthrough comes…
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Man sentenced for selling abortion pills
A Ugandan national has been sentenced in the East London Regional Court on numerous charges of contravening the Medicines and…
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Gauteng warned to expect heavy rain this weekend following some hot weather
Gauteng looks set to get some rain this week following some isolated showers. The South African Weather Service has forecast…
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Eastern Cape man gets life sentence for raping stepdaughter
An Eastern Cape man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his seven-year-old stepdaughter and in a separate case,…
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No DA mayoral candidate in Durban
The DA will not put up a mayoral candidate as a face of its campaign in the eThekwini Municipality in…
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Poor policing blamed as vigilantes face justice in Mdantsane
Residents of Mdantsane, East London’s largest township, blame poor policing for the rise of vigilantism. This comes as residents have…
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Please stop the killing – Nosicelo Mtebeni’s family breaks at funeral
An emotional morning in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape where Fort Hare student Nosicelo Mtebeni was laid to rest on…
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Transport Department: Eastern Cape bus crash victims were not wearing seatbelts
The Eastern Cape department of transport has revealed that the 31 passengers who died in a fatal DMJ Transport bus…
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Cop allegedly rapes his 14-year-old stepdaughter in police barracks
An Eastern Cape police sergeant is due to appear in court for the alleged rape of his 14-year-old stepdaughter. The…
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Watch Live: Funeral service of Nosicelo Mtebeni, a student who was killed & cut into pieces by boyfriend
The memorial service of 23-year-old Nosicelo Mtebeni is underway at the University of Fort Hare. The University of Fort Hare…
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Case against EL man accused of chopping lover’s body postponed
The East London Magistrate’s Court on Monday postponed the case against 25-year-old Alutha Pasile to 28 September. Pasile made a…
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Tragedy as University of Fort Hare student falls to his death
The death of yet another final year law student from the University of Fort Hare occurred on Saturday. Brigadier Tembinkosi…
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SO SAD: Update on murder of Nosicelo Mtebeni who was killed & cut into pieces by her boyfriend
The gruesome death of 23-year-old University of Fort Hare law student Nosicelo Mtebeni has rocked the city of East London.…
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HORROR SCENES: 23-year-old SA female student killed and cut into pieces by boyfriend, her body parts packed in plastics
The dismembered body of an East London student has been found in a suitcase in Quigney, while a black refuse…
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Suspect due in court after law student’s body parts found in suitcase & refuse bags
A 25-year-old suspect is due to appear in the East London Magistrate’s Court today after being arrested for the alleged…
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Family says victims of fatal bus crash should be compensated
DMJ Transport must pay compensation to the families of those who died in Monday’s bush crash. That’s what one victim’s…
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Survivors of horror crash claim bus was unroadworthy
Survivors of a horrific bus crash that killed 30 people in the Eastern Cape claim the vehicle wasn’t fit to…
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Authorities investigating horror Eastern Cape bus crash
Eastern Cape Transport is checking if a bus involved in a horror crash was roadworthy. Twenty-eight people were killed as…
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Eastern Cape farmers and workers living in fear
East London farm owners and their workers are living in fear following a series of attacks that left one farm…
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Foreign national arrested for alleged murder of retired police brigadier
A 28-year-old foreign national has been arrested for the alleged murder of a retired police officer brigadier, Joseph Jongile. Police…
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EC man caught with R10 million worth of illegal tobacco at the Beitbridge border
A 31-year-old man from the Eastern Cape province was arrested by the South African Police Service (SAPS) this week and…
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SA violence: Transnet dealing with bottlenecks as supply routes reopen
Heavy bottlenecks are among the challenges being dealt with at the ports of Durban and Richards Bay as Transnet rushes…
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EC woman guilty of forcing cousin and neighbours to have s.e.x
An East London woman has been convicted of compelled rape and s.e.xual assault after she forced her cousin and their…
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Farmer shoots 2 suspects before dying in East London
A young farmer from East London was the latest statistic in a crime trend that shows no signs of abating.…
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Eastern Cape man gets 20 years in jail for killing girlfriend during argument
An Eastern Cape man has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars for the murder of his girlfriend. Ayanda Matika…
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Immigration officer nabbed for allegedly demanding R2k bribe from illegal immigrants
An immigration officer from the Eastern Cape faces charges of extortion after he allegedly demanded a bribe from illegal immigrants…
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EC lost R338 million housing budget to other provinces
The Eastern Cape human settlements department failed to spend R338 million allocated for housing developments in the past financial year.…
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22-year-old University student heavily beaten up by h0rny traffic police officer after denying him s.e.x
Yanelisa Stuurman is looking for justice after she was allegedly assaulted by an East London traffic cop and his girlfriend…
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Tazne van Wyk case: Murder-accused trial postponed to 2022
-The CitizenSteely glares met child murder accused Moehydien Pangaker when he appeared in the Western Cape High Court on Monday…
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Retired EC top cop killed during house robbery
The retired head of the Eastern Cape police’s Operational Response Services division, Brigadier Joseph Jongile, was shot dead during a…
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EFF demands manager of Spur in East London be fired after employee dies on job
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is demanding that a restaurant manager be fired after an employee died at an East…
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Equal Education almost done with investigation into teen’s drowning at leadership camp
Equal Education said it’s concluding an investigation into the drowning of a teenager on a leadership camp. Fifteen-year-old Avethandwa Nokhangela…
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2 alleged hijackers killed in Kuils River after high-speed chase
Two alleged hijackers died in Kuils River on Thursday morning after a high-speed chase had ensued with police. The suspects’…
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Education Dept backs call for full probe into pupil’s drowning at Equal Education camp
The Department of Basic Education on Wednesday said that it supported the Eastern Cape Education MEC’s call for a full…
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Teen’s body found after drowning on school trip to beach
The body of a 15-year-old girl who drowned while on a school trip to the beach has been found. The…
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Family of missing surfer says Great White shark may have eaten him
The family of the East London surfer, who disappeared while bodyboarding on Tuesday, believe he was eaten by a Great…
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