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The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues on Thursday in the high court in Pretoria.

The entrance of the bustling China Mall in Beacon Bay was cordoned off with police tape after two suspects were shot after allegedly attempting to rob the mall. One suspect was killed and the second was taken to hospital by paramedics for treatment. A regular shopping day for an East London resident took a traumatic turn when his vehicle came under fire while he was driving to a store next to the mall.

Changes meant to accommodate independents who were not catered for

Villagers in Cisira outside Peddie have appealed for financial assistance to help bury four family members who died in a suspected murder-suicide on Wednesday last week. Noseko Ntshabase, 62, her daughter, Bongeka, 35, and her two grandchildren, Lisemi, 7, and Wamkeliwe, 2, were found inside their home, their bodies lying a few metres apart.

An impressive 601,715 people are registered to vote in Nelson Mandela Bay in the May 29 national and provincial elections, with the majority being women.

It might not have been under ideal conditions, but Ntombizine Mtengwane was happy when she and her family were moved to temporary houses by authorities after a violent altercation between Mthatha’s Tipini residents and the Waterfall township community in 2012. This was after thousands of Tipini residents, who had turned an old dumpsite into a thriving shack-dwelling community, were accused by their neighbours of harbouring dangerous criminals.

Millions of rand of public money and the management of a municipal pension fund scheme are at the centre of an impending clash in the Makhanda high court.

Various factors have resulted in more than 57,000 “possible dropouts” over the course of a year in the Eastern Cape schooling system — a sobering figure that has come to light as pupils across the province prepare for their mid-year examinations.

If the Proteas can ditch the nervous jitters that routinely accompany them to major cricket tournaments, they have firepower needed to lift the coveted T20 World Cup trophy in Barbados on June 29.

Though the surviving victims of Sonwabo Xola’s jealous and murderous rage believe they can finally sleep peacefully knowing he is behind bars with no option of parole, they are haunted by the mental scars from their encounters with him.