Truck driver held hostage as SAPS, security company hunt down silver VW Polo A call for public assistance in a kidnapping drama that played out between Makhanda, Kenton, Port Alfred and Bathurst yesterday ended with the arrest of a…
Speed and you pay: any driver who’s run the gauntlet of cops and cameras, westward on the N2 from the Storms River bridge knows that’s the deal. Residents of Boknes, Klipfontein, Marselle, Bushmans River, Kenton-on-Sea, Ekuphumleni,…
Police, assisted by private security companies and community patrol groups moved quickly to clear a burning barricade from the R343 outside Ekuphumleni, Kenton-on-Sea early this morning, Monday May 27. With all leave cancelled and…
Burning tyres and protesters blocked the R343 next to ekuPhumleni, approaching the R72 near Kenton-on-Sea, as well as the main entrance to ekuphumleni, early this morning, Monday May 27. This is according to sources at the scene. Police…
A group of around 200 Marselle residents are marching to ekuPhumleni, Kenton-on-Sea, following the discovery of a woman’s body in the veld. Saps Kenton on Sea is investigating an Inquest after attending to a crime scene where the lifeless…
Four civic organisations from Kenton and Bushman’s River Mouth pleaded in July 2023 for Sanral to urgently address the safety of communities along a dangerous 10-kilometre section of the R72 coastal road that links the seaside towns of…
Police are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a teenage girl (pedestrian) lost her life after she was hit by a motor vehicle on the R72 on New Year’s Day. Spokesperson Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli said the 15-year-old girl,…
“If it had been five minutes later, I would have been in it.” Port Alfred resident Sherrie Bradfield was calm when she told Talk of the Town about missing by minutes what could have been a far more serious incident on the R72. But that…
Police are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a fatal head-on collision between a Honda and a VW Polo claimed three lives near Klipfontein on Friday, September 29. At around 8.35pm, police were summoned to an accident scene…
A 53 year old Gqeberha man died last night following an accident on the R72 opposite Port Alfred High School. South African Police Service spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu said it was alleged that around 11.40pm, Julian Esbach and his…
Two people died on the R72 near Port Alfred and one sustained severe injuries after two vehicles collided head-on. The incident occurred around 4.30pm on Saturday 29 April, 18km east of Port Alfred (towards East London). Department of…
This was the scene this morning at the intersection of Alfred Road and Pascoe Crescent in Port Alfred. This is a consequence of the closure of the Putt Bridge to enable sewer lines to be cleared and to prevent sewage leaks in town.…
Port Alfred detectives are appealing to the community to assist in identifying a male who was fatally injured by a motor vehicle travelling towards Port Alfred from the direction of Port Elizabeth on October 26 2020 at approximately…
Police are investigating a case of culpable homicide following an accident at the traffic lights at the intersection of Causeway and the R72 in Port Alfred on September 30. TotT was told about the accident by a source close to the…
Talk of the Town received a report of a man who attempted suicide from a tree located on the corner of Bathurst Road (R67) and Albany Road (R72) on Saturday evening. When he as cut down he was revived due to the quick response of the…
