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SPECIAL DELIVERY: A group of bikers donated toiletries and other items to the Oosterland Children’s Home in Despatch on Saturday. Knights of the Third Wheel president Alan Pretorius hands the goods over to Oosterland fundraising and marketing co-ordinator Annelie MortenImage: WERNER HILLS
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Knights in shining bike gear reach out to youth centre

Heads turned as the Knights of the Third Wheel rumbled down Uitenhage Road and turned into Main Street, Despatch, on their way with a special delivery for the Oosterland Child Youth Care Centre. Led by the Knights on their custom-built…

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A Port Elizabeth boy who went missing last week has been found. File photo.Image: 123rf/Brian Jackson
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Missing Eastern Cape boy found ‘hiding in the ceiling’ of school toilets

A 13-year-old boy from Despatch, outside Port Elizabeth, who went missing last Wednesday has been found. The school’s caretakers found the boy in the toilets on Monday morning. On Wednesday last week, the boy’s stepfather dropped him off…

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QUICK ACTION: The Algoa Park community apprehended a man who allegedly had attempted to rape a 36-year-old woman on Wednesday morning.Image: SUHAIB SALEM
BEATING HIS GIRLFRIEND TO DEATH IN DESPATCH

Despatch man arrested after girlfriend beaten to death

A 49-year-old man who is suspected of beating his girlfriend to death in Despatch in the Eastern Cape is due to appear in court on Tuesday. Police spokesperson Capt Gerda Swart said on Sunday the incident had apparently occurred after the…

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