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The trial of two men accused of killing three Congress of South African Students members and seriously injuring another in 1982 has been postponed to next year.

Gripped by fear for her life, a Walmer resident has abandoned her property after a relentless string of break-ins has left her too traumatised to return home.

Kwazakhele recorded the highest number of murders in Nelson Mandela Bay between April and June — with 50 cases recorded at the police station over the three-month period.

Police minister Bheki Cele and police service leadership are appearing before parliament to release quarter 1 crime statistics.

The inmates who died after Limpopo’s Kutama-Sinthumele prison fire were serving sentences for murder, but the third reported death was not linked to the incident.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate in Gauteng this week reported at least three police officers who have been charged for a string of crimes.

"We know that ANC municipalities are struggling to provide the most basic of services. I imagine they now have to provide resources to undertake the maintenance and security of public works buildings. It's an indictment to be sitting in an 11-storey building that could be used for housing," said Seitlhoko.

A Mpumalanga man who attacked his ex-girlfriend with a panga, wounding her so severely she was in a coma for 48 hours, has been handed a 10-year jail term.

Police minister Bheki Cele has confirmed that Deputy President Paul Mashatile was part of the convoy when members of his VIP protection allegedly assaulted motorists in Gauteng last month.

Nelson Mandela University students had to abandon lecture halls for virtual classes on Tuesday morning after a protest erupted at the south campus.