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An Eastern Cape couple, Edwill Klerk (42) and Ellewies Klerk (44)- have been arrested for possessing R800 000- worth of drugs.

Youth league presidential contender Mkhangelwa accuses NEC member Mduduzi Manana of interfering in processes

The pair, Siyabulela Khohliso and Athini Mzingelwa, escaped from prisons sports ground on Thursday, leading to Correctional Services launching a manhunt for the convicted rapists.

Two Eastern Cape police officers suspected of being involved in a fatal shooting in Butterworth at the weekend will be investigated by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid). Police spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana confirmed on Monday that police management had handed over the case to the police watchdog.

The pair appeared in the King William's Town Magistrate's Court on Thursday. The case was postponed for a week for a formal bail application.

Armed attacks on ambulance personnel are on the rise in the Eastern Cape, causing officials, meant to help sick people, to fear for their own lives. Just this weekend, two male emergency services workers were forced to abandon their duty after they were robbed at gunpoint while on their way to help a patient in Mthatha.

Two Eastern Cape police officers face disciplinary action after they were arrested for allegedly driving recklessly and under the influence of alcohol.

<p>Two Eastern Cape police officers face disciplinary action after they were arrested for allegedly driving recklessly and under the influence of alcohol.</p>

An Eastern Cape teacher was shot and killed when his car battled to drive on a road that had been swept away by the rain.

Two Eastern Cape men were sentenced to life behind bars for gang-raping a then 19 year-old woman in Bathurst in April 2018.