47 years for murder of security guard during robbery, PE

47 years for murder of security guard during robbery, PE

Mongezi Kenneth Tafu (37), was sentenced to 25 years direct imprisonment by the Port Elizabeth High court on Wednesday 1 November 2017, for murder...
Life sentence for stabbing and rape of girl (16), Willowvale

Life sentence for stabbing and rape of girl (16), Willowvale

Willowvale Regional Magistrates’ Court convicted and sentenced 33 year old Xolisa Nantsula today to undergo life imprisonment for raping a 16 year old girl....
Disregard for life as foetus found dumped, Veeplaas

Disregard for life as foetus found dumped, Veeplaas

The body of a male foetus was found this morning in an open field used as a rubbish dump in Veeplaas. At about 08:00 on...
Life sentence after raping girl (12) in toilets at hospital

Life sentence after raping girl (12) in toilets at hospital

With the run up towards the 16 Days of No Violence Against Women and Children, the SAPS are pleased with the outcome in a...
Gelvandale gang members get heavy sentences, PE

Gelvandale gang members get heavy sentences, PE

Gang affiliates Jacques Moses (43) and Jermaine De Souza (27) will be spending many years behind bars after they were sentenced on 3 November...
Guilty verdict in Panayiotou's murder case, PE

Guilty verdict in Panayiotou’s murder case, PE

Murder accused, Christopher Panayiotou was found guilty for killing his wife Jayde Panayiotou on 2 November 2017, at Port Elizabeth High Court. Eastern Cape Provincial...
Farm housebreaking, 3 young boys arrested with firearms, Stormsriver

Farm housebreaking, 3 young boys arrested with firearms, Stormsriver

Stormsriver SAPS apprehended three minors for possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition and also linked them to three cases of housebreaking and theft in...
R100k mandrax bust, 2 arrested, King Williams Town

R100k mandrax bust, 2 arrested, King Williams Town

Enhanced Police visibility resulted in good results when King Williams Town SAPS Tracing Team arrested two males, aged 19 and 35, years at Cwayi...
Stabbing, home invasion, for a few household items, KwaNobuhle

Stabbing, home invasion, for a few household items, KwaNobuhle

On 1 November 2017,at around 2am, it is alleged that five men wearing balaclavas and armed with knives forced open a kitchen door of...

Doctors protest against armed robberies

About 80 private doctors protested in Port Elizabeth on Monday demanding police action against against armed robbers targeting their surgeries. The doctors said though the...
Alleged 'spotbouers' armed gang member arrested, Bethelsdorp

Alleged ‘spotbouers’ armed gang member arrested, Bethelsdorp

On 01 November 2017 during the early hours of the morning, members from SAPS Bethelsdorp received information of two males in possession of firearms....
SAPS operation nets 70 suspects, King Williams Town

SAPS operation nets 70 suspects, King Williams Town

Police members had embarked on a weekend operation and they managed to arrest suspects aged between 22 and 49 years. Police arrested more than seventy...