The incident comes days after a Department of Employment and Labour employee was killed by her partner, also an employee at the Fort Beaufort Labour Centre, in what was described as a gender-based violence related incident.
As crime rates surge, earning Gqeberha the lamentable title of SA’s most violent city, the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has failed to secure a new contract for ShotSpotter, with the technology not being used since December.
Several trees along Milner Avenue in front of the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium have been stripped of their bark, a practice often attributed to traditional healers.
Residents living in the vicinity of illegal electricity connections are fearing for their lives after four people were shocked to death at the weekend, including a three-year-old child.
Heavy rain and strong winds are expected to batter the Eastern Cape this week, with the worst on course to hit Nelson Mandela Bay and Kouga on Tuesday.