Fire swept through three buildings and four police vehicles in Mthatha at the weekend, destroying the offices of several law firms, part of the Madeira police station and a string of shops. The Elphil Properties building which houses Home City China Best Price and Dunns Clothing Store as well as the neighbouring five-story Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) building at York Road were affected.
Card scammers have taken their devious crimes to the road, with point of sale machines steadily becoming their latest tool of choice, allowing them to ply their trade while on the move.
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Business owners in Mthatha and surrounding towns are being threatened by extortionists who sometimes order them to cough up as much as R30,000 for “protection”.Police spokesperson Captain Welile Matyolo told the Dispatch this week that at least seven cases had been reported so far.
Lusikisiki, which has earned itself the unwelcome tag of being one of the national hotspots for rapes, gender-based violence and femicide in recent years, has a new police station commander.
Police have wrested nearly 40 illegal firearms and many rounds of ammunition from the hands of criminals in the OR Tambo district in the past three months.
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