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Another taxi shooting has left the community of Mdantsane reeling, with the latest incident on Wednesday afternoon leaving four people dead. Among the dead was a man who stormed a local taxi association's offices and apparently opened fire, killing two people inside the office. The shooting incident took place at the Mdantsane offices of the Uncedo Service Taxi Association Mdusta near the M&K building at the township's main road, the Gordon Qumza Highway, between NU 1 and NU 2.

Emergency services rushed to Eastern Beach on Monday afternoon after the body of an unidentified woman was discovered.

The fourth day of an intensive search for missing enduro motorcyclist Nick Klingelhoeffer has drawn another blank. Klingelhoeffer, 37, of East London, went missing on Saturday while taking part in the Lilyfontein Funduro event held in the mainly rural area of Brakfontein on the city’s outskirts with his wife, Janique, who is also a rider.

The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) in the Eastern Cape has confirmed it will not take part in a possible national shutdown on Friday against rising fuel prices. Rumours of the shutdown have left residents concerned, with many wondering if they should take their children out of school or alter their travel plans in response.

The Nelson Mandela University Business School has launched its new master of maritime management (MMM) postgraduate degree, set to empower a new generation of maritime leaders with skills to grow the sector in Africa.

A tragic attack on Gonubie Main Road on Saturday morning has left the driver of a white Avanza dead after an alleged attempted robbery. Community activist Amanda Timms said she heard about the attack from a reliable source on her community WhatsApp group. “It was a white Avanza, it looked like a taxi,” Timms said.

A security guard was shot dead during a chaotic armed robbery at the Gonubie Post Office on Tuesday morning. Four men walked into the building just moments after a cash-in-transit vehicle had left and minutes before another one arrived. Eyewitnesses told DispatchLIVE (http://www.dispatchlive.co.

The cures for diabetes and cancer could be found in the deep waters of the Eastern Cape coastline, if the university of Fort Hare has its way. On Thursday, UFH launched a joint marine laboratory at its Alice campus, a move it says places it at the forefront of unlocking Eastern Cape’s marine pharmaceutical economy.

The man who accused premier Oscar Mabuyane of corruption has spoken out after his dramatic release from police custody last week, charging that the Hawks are “captured”.

A case of culpable homicide has been opened after two vehicles collided head on on Wednesday at about 5:30pm. Six people lost their lives while two sustained severe injuries.