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Omotoso has been in custody since his public April 2017 arrest at the Dawid Stuurman International Airport.

One of two alleged members of the Satan Defenders gang, accused of murder and the attempted murder of a four-month-old baby boy, brought an application to the Gqeberha high court on Thursday asking for the case against him to be withdrawn.

Gqeberha police have confirmed that the shooting which took place at a car dealership in William Moffett Expressway on Wednesday afternoon was gang-related.

An employee at Maritime Motors in William Moffett Expressway, Gqeberha, was lucky to escape with his life when he was shot at least six times on Wednesday afternoon.

A Humansdorp man has been sentenced to an effective 14 years’ imprisonment for the rape and sexual grooming of his ex-girlfriend’s teenage daughter.

Former Nelson Mandela Bay metro housing boss Mvuleni Mapu, charged with fraud and corruption, is expected back in the Gqeberha commercial crimes court later in July for the continuation of his trial.

Festival goers and artists were in for a bumpy drive while attending the National Arts Festival in Makhanda as numerous roads remain in a total state of disrepair.

Eleven days of celebrating the arts came to an end at the weekend with the National Arts Festival wrapping up and independent artists being honoured on Saturday through the annual Standard Bank Ovation Awards.

It might have been a somewhat slow start to the National Arts Festival, now in its 48th year, but the lifting of the remaining Covid-19 restrictions with full capacity venues has added an additional boost to the festival.

Drawing inspiration from far and wide and influenced through studies in musicology, the 2022 Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year for Music, Cara Stacey, is as much an acclaimed musician as a diverse one. Mixing various elements of African musical sounds, through studying instruments unknown to most, Stacey’s research in the full realm of music has taken her to countries across the globe, including Peru, Brazil, Switzerland and the UK, among others.