n the tiny village and farming area of Patensie in the Eastern Cape, an elderly resident, Poto Dyantyisi, celebrated his 109th birthday recently!
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SAPS EC aiming to win war against crimes
our detectives and intelligence have turned a new page,” the Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nomthetheleli Mene said on the release of the fourth Quarter Crime Stats of the Eastern Cape Province in Alice on 9 June .2023.
Illegal connections in Sea Vista upset paying residents
Residents in some Sea Vista areas are fed up! They say they have no electricity for up to a month at times because of illegal connections.
NSRI’s new ORC Rescue 19 heading to Richard’s Bay for arrival on Saturday
–Edited by Bev Mortimer– NSRI H/O in Cape Town has announced that its latest 14.8 m Offshore Rescue Craft (ORC) … More
Reward for return of Nakane Lizane, aged 4, missing from his PE home
The SAPS is offering a reward to anyone who can assist in finding Nakane Lizane , four year-old boy, missing from Wells Estate Gqeberha (aka Port Elizabeth/PE) since last month, 11 May.
Khanyisa still needs some funds to get to Dana Cup in Denmark
St Francis Bay’s rising soccer star still need funds to to the play in the DANA Cup in Denmark from 24-29 July so it will b simply wonderful if some kind souls can help him fulfill his drea
More than than R1-million abalone seized by cops near Grahamstown
Another confiscation of abalone and arrest of an alleged abalone poacher occurred this week outside Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape (EC) and police says the abalone seized was worth more than R1-millon.
South African power utility, Eskom, Eskom comments on City Press’ ‘sabotage’ allegations
Eskom’s response to media reports on allegations of sabotage by an executive – Monday, 5 June 2023
Suspects arrested in possession of R3.4-m worth of diamonds and emeralds
Three suspects have been arrested in the Gauteng Province for illegally dealing in diamonds and emeralds worth about R3.6-m in Wonderboompoort.
Drugs valued at R425-m and weapons seized in successful EC SAPS operations
In Intelligence driven operations by the SAPS in the Eastern Cape (EC) 141 683 kilograms of dagga, 4.12 grams of cocaine and 871.50 grams of Tik (crystal meth) with a combined value of R425-m, were seized this past week.
Two men busted with 53 rubbish bags full of abalone
Two men were arrested on the N1 by the Trompsburg Highway Patrol in the Free Sate province of South Africa for possession of abalone early this morning, 4 June.
More men allegedly planned to sell a pangolin for R60k
The selling of critically endangered pangolins continues as more men were arrested yesterday for being in possession of a pangolin they were also trying to sell in Mahikeng.
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