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Initiate found hanging from a tree 2006-01-06 11:38:43 The circumcision season death toll in the Eastern Cape has risen to 22 with the news that a would-be initiate has apparently hanged himself. Late Xhosa king lauded for his independence 2006-01-06 10:38:18 Describing him as "an embodiment of what makes us proud in South Africa", politicians and other honorary guests have paid tribute to Xhosa King Xolilizwe Sigcau at his memorial service. 81 face charges after Queenstown violence 2006-01-06 12:44:51 Eighty-one residents of Ezibeleni near Queenstown will appear in the local magistrate's court after an outbreak of vigilante action in which buildings were torched and one person died. |
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Seven rapes, murder reported near Grahamstown 2006-01-02 09:39:48 Seven rapes and a murder have been reported from Bathurst, Port Alfred, Grahamstown and Keiskammahoek since Friday, police have said. Eastern Cape storm destroys homes 2006-01-01 13:23:36 Strong winds have reportedly uprooted trees, telephone poles and blew off roofs in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. German tourists critical after collision 2005-12-30 09:49:01 Two German tourists are in a serious condition in a Port Elizabeth hospital after an accident between two vehicles on the N2 near the Storms River bridge which claimed ten lives. Handyman confesses to murdering six-year-old 2005-12-27 11:13:47 A handyman suspected of murdering a six-year-old has confessed to the crime during police interrogation in Plettenberg Bay. Homeless accidentally burn down supermarket 2005-12-26 14:12:32 Homeless people burned down a supermarket and a furniture store in the Eastern Cape on Christmas Eve while trying to keep warm. Toddler killed in taxi crash 2005-12-26 13:23:15 A five-year-old taxi passenger was hit and killed by another taxi while walking across a road to look at the scene of a car crash on the R38 between Aliwal North and Lady Grey in the Eastern Cape. City dwellers push up country property prices 2005-12-25 15:16:37 The phenomenon started in small Western Cape towns, now quaint country villages in the Eastern Cape are experiencing a surge in property values as South Africans show a growing interest in buying homes in quieter towns. Pedestrian killed in the Eastern Cape 2005-12-23 19:10:40 A 35-year-old man has died after being struck by a car on the N10 outside Cradock, Eastern Cape police have said. Five killed in Cradock road accident 2005-12-22 15:41:36 Five people have died in an accident outside Cradock in the Eastern Cape after a heavy truck tried to overtake a bakkie towing a caravan. Bus overturns on N2 near Storms River 2005-12-22 09:28:00 A tour bus has overturned on the N2 near Storms River in the Eastern Cape, leaving 14 passengers injured. Health department exorcises ghost workers 2005-12-21 17:16:27 The Eastern Cape health department believes it has been paying out a possible R1,59-million to ghost workers, after asking employees to collect their pay cheques in person, against identification, rather than paying the money into an account. New timber plantations may help save wetlands 2005-12-21 14:02:29 The reconstruction of timber plantations destroyed during runaway fires in the Eastern Cape, has provided an opportunity to ensure that wetlands in the region are better protected. ANC man's girlfriend dies after severe cut 2005-12-20 18:16:29 Conflicting reports have emerged surrounding the death of a senior African National Congress politician's girlfriend in the Eastern Cape. Eastern Cape bus crash victims identified 2005-12-20 06:53:03 Relatives of the victims involved in the horrific Eastern Cape bus accident at the weekend have identified 15 of the 21 people who lost their lives. Suspects sought in Mthatha brothers' killing 2005-12-19 15:35:02 Mthatha police are searching for the killer of two brothers who were shot dead in a parked car in the Eastern Cape. Holiday rush to the sea ends in fatal crash 2005-12-18 10:38:12 Twenty-one people were killed and 77 injured when the bus they were travelling in overturned and plunged into a Free State river. Parents argue as farmer drives over baby 2005-12-17 16:05:55 A farmer from Hankey in the Eastern Cape has been charged with culpable homicide after he drove over a farmworker's nine-month-old baby. Lightning strikes four dead 2005-12-16 08:38:59 Two initiates and two traditional surgeons have died after being struck by lightning at Gengqe Village in Mqanduli, Eastern Cape health officials say. Addo Park's lion's boasts three new arrivals 2005-12-15 11:00:15 Addo Elephant National Park in the Eastern Cape has some new additions - not pachderms, but three four-month-old lion cubs. Ten circumcision-related deaths reported 2005-12-14 19:16:25 Ten boys have died of dehydration and septic wounds in the Eastern Cape since the beginning of the summer circumcision season, the province's health department said. More than a hundred initiates rescued 2005-12-12 10:08:41 One hundred and twenty two initiates have been rescued during weekend raids on five illegal circumcision schools in the Maluti area. 'Whisky' holidayers get marching orders 2005-12-11 15:44:15 As many as 300 owners of illegal cottages on the Transkei's Wild Coast might soon have to demolish their holiday homes and rehabilitate sensitive coastal forest and dunelands on which they built their getaway homes. Offduty policeman shot dead in Mthatha 2005-12-10 09:11:45 An off-duty policeman, 43-year-old Inspector Malibongwe Tuswa, has been shot and fatally wounded in Mthatha, Eastern Cape police have said. Langa appointed as chancellor of university 2005-12-09 20:51:14 Chief Justice Pius Langa has been appointed as the first chancellor of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth. Trawler captain tells of ordeal at sea 2005-12-09 15:14:28 The captain of a small trawler, which sank after colliding with a Brazilian tanker in May, has told an inquiry the harrowing account of how he survived the ordeal in which 14 others lost their lives. Is Bete the world's oldest person? 2005-12-01 14:03:58 A senior official at the Grahamstown department of home affairs has confirmed that Noninji Elizabeth Bete was born in 1886, which makes her 119-years-old. Man found hanging after wife is attacked 2005-12-01 12:48:18 An Eastern Cape man arrested for domestic assault has died after hanging himself at Willowmore's police station. Joy ride ends in gang-rape attack 2005-11-30 10:55:34 Two girls aged 12 and 13 were gang-raped after crashing their father's car, which they had taken for a joy ride at night in Jeffrey's Bay, Uitenhage police have said. Rural Aids clinic proves a success story 2005-11-29 07:36:56 The Mantlaneni clinic in the Eastern Cape has no running water or electricity. Set among remote rural slopes dotted with mud huts, Mantlaneni may not look it, but for people living with HIV it is a lifeline. Boy dies at circumcision school 2005-11-28 09:33:43 Community members of Link village outside Mthatha have reported problems at a registered circumcision school where one boy died and eight others fell ill. Four killed in head-on collision 2005-11-27 18:52:03 A case of culpable homicide is being investigated following the a head-on collision between two vehicles on the R63 between Fort Beaufort and Seymour overnight, which claimed the lives of four people police said. Toddler still critical after poisoning 2005-11-27 08:12:27 A four-year-old boy is still in a critical condition at Grahamstown hospital, after he was allegedly poisoned by his mother, Eastern Cape police said. Apartheid-era cops jailed for 1987 murder 2005-11-26 10:43:17 Two former apartheid-era security policemen have been sentenced to jail in the Butterworth Circuit Court following a murder in the 80s. Mother arrested for poisoning toddler 2005-11-26 19:36:32 A four-year-old boy is in a critical condition at a Grahamstown hospital after his mother put a poisonous substance into his bottle, Eastern Cape police said. Little girl wounded in botched robbery 2005-11-25 16:38:34 An eight-year-old girl has been shot in an attempted cash-in-transit robbery at a Port Elizabeth garage. Mbeki sued after pardoned killer slays again 2005-11-24 08:11:42 President Thabo Mbeki is being sued for the child maintenance owed to an Eastern Cape boy. The youngster's father was murdered by a convicted multiple killer, who struck just two weeks after being released on a presidential pardon. Zelda Venter reports... Double drama as SAA plane turns back twice 2005-11-21 06:50:51 A South African Airways flight from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth had to turn back twice this weekend after the captain reported "engine difficulty". Truck hijacker sentenced to life 2005-11-21 13:52:46 An Eastern Cape man convicted of the hijacking and murder of a Durban truck driver in 2000 has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Mthatha High Court. Whack by supergran sends thieves running 2005-11-18 14:11:29 Thieves may have stolen her engagement ring, but 91-year-old Maria Coverly from the Eastern Cape hit them so hard they fled with little else... Drug ring suspected in Knysna killings 2005-11-18 07:00:09 A third person has been found murdered in Knysna and investigators assisting police believe that a serial killer or killers might be prowling the streets of the Garden Route town. |
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