At least five people died when a fully loaded minibus taxi crashed into a stationary heavy duty truck fully loaded with bags of cement. The incident occurred on the N2 road between Peddie and Makhanda in the early hours of Saturday March…
Committees Drift detectives are on the hunt for four suspects allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of a 38 year old man who was travelling with two other passengers to a wedding in Mthatha on Friday, December 15. South African Police…
Six people died and seven others were injured in two separate road crashes in the Eastern Cape late Friday October 6. Four people died and four were injured in head-on collision on the N2 between Peddie and Makhanda. A Toyota Avanza with…
The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) has confirmed that blasting operations are planned on the N2 between Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) and Fish River Pass, every Wednesday at 1pm for the next 12 months,…
A 3km section of the N2 between Makhanda and Peddie – from the Fish River Bridge (km 0.0) and ending at the Fish River Pass (km 2.7) – will be closed to traffic for construction on the N2. This will take place from Monday July 17 2023…
Five people have died in a head-on collision on the N2 from Peddie towards Makhanda on Friday 6 January. A VW Polo with five occupants (4 females and one male) coming from the direction of Makhanda collided with an Iveco Midbus from…
Four of seven suspects in Wednesday’s shooting incident in Peddie were arrested in Kenton on Sea’s Ekuphumleni township. The shooting incident occurred around 11am on Wednesday 27 July at the Peddie taxi rank. South African Police Service…
A truck and bakkie, infrastructure and the Peddie satellite office belonging to Amathole district municipality (ADM) were set alight on Wednesday just a few days after municipal workers downed tools. Earlier on Wednesday the municipality…
The fight over access to clean drinking water in 18 villages under the Ngqushwa municipality, literally spilled over to the streets on Monday morning, when hundreds of community members blockaded the N2 between King William’s Town and…
