Kenton-on-Sea residents marched to the magistrate’s court on Monday February 9 to demand a speedy investigation into the murder of local couple Boneka Matiwana (60) and Willem Maasdorp (62) whose bodies were discovered in their home on…
Talk of the Town recently visited the buildings and land north of Port Alfred Hospital following renewed concerns from members of the public who use the adjacent sport facilities. In last week’s edition, we reported on safety fears and…
At an in-depth and frank meeting it was noted that not all crime incidents are being reported to the South African Police Service. What is reported does not give a fair reflection of the extent of the crime actually taking place in our…
A night walking the streets of Nemato changed the outlook of a group of international students, and resulted in the work of the community patrollers they accompanied being made a little easier. Netherlands based NHL Stenden University of…
Citizen patrol groups going beyond their mandate – and above the law: that’s the potential spiralling situation that a member of the Youth Crime Prevention Desk (YCPD) in Nemato has warned against. But one local citizen patrol group has…
Ndlambe and the district head of police have welcomed the arrest of four people in connection with the theft of electrical cable from a seawater extraction unit feeding reverse osmosis water plants serving coastal towns in the…
“A big blue flash – amazing, terrifying – bigger than a bolt of lightning,” is how a Boknes land owner described power lines arcing Wednesday night, shortly before flames tore across the veld, driven by gale-force winds. Weather data at…
Thanks to boosted patrols and a good security camera network, burglary has halved compared to the same period last year At non-residential premises it has reduced from21 to 14. Burglary at residential premises has dropped from 55 in the…
