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PREMIUM By Devon Koen - 17 July 2021 When a 45-year-old man was sentenced to life behind bars this week for the rape of a minor, his name was  forever inked into two national registers designed to prevent him — and many more like him — from coming into close contact with children. On Monday, Simphiwe Ntengu, of the Joe Slovo informal settlement, in Gqeberha, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old girl whom he had befriended by giving her swee...

Vena vehemently denies charge against him in Gqeberha court PREMIUM By Devon Koen - 17 July 2021 A complete and utter denial — that is how former Nelson Mandela Bay EFF councillor Zilindile Vena addressed the rape claim against him when he took the stand in the Gqeberha regional court on Friday. “I never went to that room and I never raped anyone... This article is reserved for HeraldLIVE subscribers. A subscription gives you full digital access to all our content. Already ...

VIDEO | Vandals besiege Dawid Stuurman International Airport perimeter Area around Dawid Stuurman International resembles a plundered wasteland PREMIUM By Devon Koen, Riaan Marais and Nomazima Nkosi - 10 July 2021 Welcome to “The Friendly City” where, on exiting the airport, you are met by land strewn with shattered glass, pigs gorging on garbage and buildings so vandalised they are no more than empty shells. The immediate area surrounding the newly renamed Chief Dawid S...

Nelson Mandela Bay muso signs record deal with Gallo It’s a dream come true, says Edgar Muzah, who ditched engineering career to focus on his first love PREMIUM By Devon Koen - 28 June 2021 From electrical engineering to writing and performing music, Gqeberha resident Edgar Muzah has achieved his dream after signing up with Gallo Record Company recently. Calling Gqeberha his second home after moving from Zimbabwe to SA in 2009, Muzah said he was ecstatic about the opport...

A burglar’s plans to steal a flat-screen TV came crashing down this week when he fell from a flat’s balcony while trying to flee.

A 26-year-old Eastern Cape man has been handed a double life sentence after being found guilty of raping a 16-year-old numerous times.

Judgment in the trial of three suspected gangsters charged with the murders of two men believed to be members of a rival gang has been postponed to July 6.

Murder case postponed for accused to seek medical treatment PREMIUM By Devon Koen - 10 June 2021 From claims of a bloody nose to piles, two men accused of the murder of a Jeffreys Bay man had their trial postponed in the high court in Gqeberha on Thursday to receive medical attention. Acting judge Olav Ronaasen postponed the matter to allow Remeo Booysen, 21, and Renaldo Kamoetoe, 27, an opportunity to consult with a doctor after complaining about their ailments on Wednesday.....

Just more than two weeks after alleged murderer Donovan Wolf was granted bail in the high court in Gqeberha, the state filed an application for leave to appeal against the decision by deputy judge-president David Van Zyl.

As the cold comfort of Child Protection Week drew to an end, experts warned that while SA enjoys a myriad of laws and provisions to protect children’s rights, the implementation of such laws is not up to standard.