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Nearly nine years after little Krisley Faith Dirker was brought to hospital battered, bruised and unresponsive, her mother and the woman’s husband have been charged with her murder.

When a 10-year-old boy proudly returned home from school with a bottle of marbles, his family pets, both pit bulls, shared in his excitement.

Husband and wife Brett and Janice Giddy, who face charges of crimen injuria and contravening the Cyber Crimes Act, will be back in court in October after their case was postponed on Tuesday.

A bitter dispute between a landlady and her former tenant may be heading to the high court for claims of punitive damages after months of bickering.

Ushering in a new era of arts and entertainment for local audiences, the Mandela Bay Arts Festival officially opened at the weekend.

A Paradise Beach mother, arrested on a charge of defeating the ends of justice and being an accessory after the fact, opted to remain in custody and abandoned her formal bail application in the Humansdorp Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

After abandoning his bail bid twice and confessing to killing his partner’s six-year-old son, Sfundo Yekani will return to court in October to determine the way forward in his murder case.

A 39-year-old Jeffreys Bay mother who was arrested last week for failing to report the alleged rape of her daughter will remain in custody until next week, when she is expected to bring a formal bail application.

It’s lights, camera and almost action for Matilda the Musical as the countdown to the long-awaited production continues.

While she once dreamt of having a child with the man she adored, her intent turned to menacing resentment and resulted in the murder of a nine-year-old after allegedly being forced to have an abortion.