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Man gets life sentence for stabbing girlfriend 55 times
‘Ndimgqibile’, (meaning I finished her) were the chilling words an Eastern Cape murderer told his girlfriend’s neighbours after he killed…
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Eastern Cape vigilantes sentenced for murdering group accused of stealing light bulbs
The Eastern Cape High Court sentenced four men to life imprisonment for the kidnapping and murder of four other men…
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Suspects get life sentences for burning 2 women alive over witchcraft accusations
Seven people who poured petrol over two women and set them alight after accusing them of practicing witchcraft, have been…
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EC couple jailed for life for hiring hitmen to kill their domestic worker for a funeral policy payout
An Eastern Cape couple who hired three people to kill their domestic worker and her husband for an insurance payout…
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EC police sergeant convicted for raping stepdaughter at police barracks
An Eastern Cape police sergeant was found guilty of rape in the Eastern Cape High Court. His constable wife was…
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Chikunga says Transport Dept trying everything to curb long-haul bus attacks
Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga said they were doing everything to curb attacks on long-haul buses but that they were working…
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Masemola: Police can’t escort every Intercape bus across crime hotspot routes
The police said it could not escort every Intercape or long-distance bus across crime hotspot routes. Intercape filed a contempt…
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Man gets 30 years in jail for raping teen girl & then gouging her eyes out
A 23-year-old man who raped a teenage girl and proceeded to gouge her eyes out, leaving her permanently blind, has…
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Court orders cyber scam victim R3 million reimbursement
A cyber scam victim is set to be R3 million richer after the Eastern Cape High Court ordered the reimbursement…
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Former wife fails to convince court that she’s entitled to late husband’s estate
The Eastern Cape High Court in Mthatha has ruled against an ex-wife who sought a share from her late ex-husband’s…
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Rhino poaching gang receive hefty sentences
Members of a rhino poaching gang were sentenced to heavy direct imprisonment sentences by the Eastern Cape High Court sitting…
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Ex-prison guard sentenced to life for brutal murder of ex-wife
Former Correctional Services Official, Simphiwe Mxosa, 48, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Eastern Cape High Court for the…
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President Ramaphosa & EC Premier Oscar Mabuyane to face off in court over fake qualifications
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane are expected to face off in the Eastern Cape High Court…
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Grandson gets everything after court annuls 37-year marriage between late grandfather & 2nd wife
The Eastern Cape High Court recently ruled that a grandson is a rightful heir to his grandfather’s inheritance instead of…
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Court dismisses NMB’s bid to set aside SIU report
The Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha has dismissed an application by the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality to review and…
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Eastern Cape ANC welcomes court’s dismissal of PP’s report implicating Mabuyane & Madikizela
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape welcomed a court judgment that dismissed a report by the Public…
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EC man who r@ped & murdered 5-year-old girl and dumped her in a toilet given 2 life sentences
A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to two life terms in the Eastern Cape High Court sitting in Gqeberha for…
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State wants life imprisonment for official convicted of child r@pe
The state wants a convicted child rapist to be handed life imprisonment when the matter returns to Eastern Cape High…
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R1.5 million forfeited in bribery case against government official & businessmen
The Eastern Cape High Court has granted the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) an order to forfeit…
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Court rules Fikile Mbalula must protect Intercape buses from attacks
The Eastern Cape High Court has ordered Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula and Eastern Cape Transport MEC Xolile Nqatha to take…
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Suspects who were paid to murder granny get life imprisonment
The two men who were paid to murder a 79-year-old woman from the Eastern Cape have been sentenced to life…
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Court orders Eastern Cape education department to deliver textbooks by end of March
The Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda has ordered the provincial department of basic education to ensure “every pupil at…
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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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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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EC man sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his 8-year-old daughter
The Eastern Cape High Court has sentenced a 35-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping his daughter while she was…
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Unmarried father can now register birth of child in mother’s absence, court rules
Unmarried fathers can now register the birth and death of their children with the department of home affairs in the…
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Court orders lawyers to pay damages to the client they failed to help
The Eastern Cape High Court has ordered a Gqeberha law firm to pay damages to a former client for injuries…
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EC couple gets 30 years for killing woman’s ex
An Eastern Cape couple has been sentenced to lengthy prison terms after murdering the woman’s ex-husband and his girlfriend in…
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Former SA Idols contestant Neliswa Mxakaza grilled in court by Timothy Omotoso’s lawyer
The trial of rape-accused televangelist Timothy Omotoso and his two co-accused, Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho, continued on Wednesday, with…
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Asset Forfeiture Unit to attach Durban tycoon’s R19 million assets
The National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit has been granted a final forfeiture order by the Eastern Cape High Court…
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Andile Lungisa apologises for racist rant against Sarb governor Kganyago
Convicted criminal and former Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Andile Lungisa has apologized to South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago…
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Serial rapist sentenced to 25 years in jail
The Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda has sentenced a 22-year-old man to 25 years’ imprisonment for rape and attempting…
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Schools may not block pupils without papers – court rules
Sections 39 and 42 of the Immigration Act 13 of 2002 do not prohibit the admission of illegal foreign children…
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